CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5939
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-12-06
- 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-119
Description
The gss_userok function in appl/ftp/ftpd/gss_userok.c in Heimdal 0.7.2 does not allocate memory for the ticketfile pointer before calling free, which allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an invalid username. NOTE: the vulnerability was originally reported for ftpd.c, but this is incorrect.
Affected configurations
• heimdal heimdal 0.7.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199207 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704362903699&w=2 marc.info
- http://osvdb.org/44750 osvdb.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019057 securitytracker.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:239 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26758 www.securityfocus.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199207 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704362903699&w=2 marc.info
- http://osvdb.org/44750 osvdb.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019057 securitytracker.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:239 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26758 www.securityfocus.com