Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-2007-2442
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.114 (95.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.114 · newest: 0.114 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos 5
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/25894 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10631 (Broken Link, signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25801 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-2442?
- CVE-2007-2442 is a vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. Published 2007-06-26.
- Is CVE-2007-2442 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.