CVE-2007-5901
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-06 02:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ae1abbe9ca677e944622120e00cd3358d01cee49eebd7a2c9851e648a3ab4ce
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:069http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
- secunia.com29464http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
- www.securityfocus.com26750http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2637https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
- secunia.com29451http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2647https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
- seclists.org20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0164http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- seclists.org20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
- secunia.com29516http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
- secunia.com39290http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- ubuntu.comUSN-924-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
- osvdb.org43346http://osvdb.org/43346
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11451https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-31http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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