CVE-2007-1216

N/A Unknown
Published: April 06, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory

70 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
25.9%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-415

Affected Vendors

debian canonical mit

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