CVE-2007-5901 — Use After Free in Kerberos 5

CWE-399CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents8 sources
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MIT Krb5MIT Kerberos 5
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianmit/krb5< 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1+3
▶NVDmit/kerberos_51.6.3_kdc

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qxh5-j4mp-pchg: Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-5901: Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize↗2007-12-06
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OSV
CVE-2007-5901: Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize↗2007-12-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Kerberos vulnerabilities↗2010-04-07
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Red Hat
krb5: use-after-free in gssapi lib↗2007-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2007-5901: krb5 - Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/me...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-5901 krb5: use-after-free in gssapi lib↗2007-12-07
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