CVE-2007-2442

critical

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.

References

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

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-2437

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html

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

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/40346

http://secunia.com/advisories/27706

http://secunia.com/advisories/26909

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235

http://secunia.com/advisories/26228

http://secunia.com/advisories/26033

http://secunia.com/advisories/25911

http://secunia.com/advisories/25894

http://secunia.com/advisories/25890

http://secunia.com/advisories/25888

http://secunia.com/advisories/25870

http://secunia.com/advisories/25841

http://secunia.com/advisories/25821

http://secunia.com/advisories/25814

http://secunia.com/advisories/25801

http://secunia.com/advisories/25800

http://osvdb.org/36596

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-06-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11376