CVE-2007-2442

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The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote att

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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.42571

Schedule remediation

EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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Affected Products & Versions

mit kerberos 5<= 1.6.1
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD26 Jun 2007 · 10:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1
usnUSN-477-1
rhsaRHSA-2007:0384Important
rhsaRHSA-2007:0562Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascBroken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Broken Link

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/36596Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25814Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25821Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25841Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25870Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25888Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25890Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25894Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25911Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26033Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26228Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26909Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40346Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1Broken Link

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatchVendor Advisory

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323Third Party Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/Broken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.htmlBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.htmlBroken Link

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