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
- Mit Kerberos_5
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
- N/a — versions n/a
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.