Double Free in Mit Kerberos 5

CVE-2007-1216

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".

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.099 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-1216?
CVE-2007-1216 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under Double Free. Published 2007-04-06.
Is CVE-2007-1216 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.