CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-2442

10.0 HIGH Published 2007-06-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2007-06-26
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-824

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• mit kerberos 5 (<= 1.6.1) • debian debian linux 3.1 • debian debian linux 4.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36596 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36596 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource