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CVE-2007-5902

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Description

Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.

References

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-5872

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/39784

http://secunia.com/advisories/39290

http://secunia.com/advisories/29457

http://secunia.com/advisories/28636

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html

http://osvdb.org/44748

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-06

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: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05914

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