CVE-2007-5471

high

Description

libgssapi before 0.6-13.7, as used by the ISC BIND named daemon in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 1, terminates upon an initialization error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a GSS-TSIG request. NOTE: this issue probably affects other daemons that attempt to initialize this library within a chroot configuration or other invalid configuration.

References

https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/936/3665923_f.SAL_Public.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37233

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26076

http://secunia.com/advisories/27189

http://osvdb.org/40935

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-16

Updated: 2026-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00817