CVE-2007-2442 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Kerberos 5

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer8 documents8 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
42.6%
top 2.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
MIT Krb5MIT Kerberos 5Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 26
Latest updateMay 3

Description

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianmit/krb5< 1.6.dfsg.1-5+3
▶NVDmit/kerberos_51.6.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 3.1, 4.0, Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 6.10, 7.04

Patches

Patch: web.mit.edu ↗Patch: web.mit.edu ↗Patch: www.kb.cert.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6hfh-4j58-7r89: The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1↗2022-05-03
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CVEList
CVE-2007-2442: The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1↗2007-06-26
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OSV
CVE-2007-2442: The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1↗2007-06-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
krb5 vulnerabilities↗2007-06-27
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Red Hat
krb5 RPC library unitialized pointer free↗2007-06-26
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Debian
CVE-2007-2442: krb5 - The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) ...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-2442 krb5 RPC library unitialized pointer free↗2007-06-25
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