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    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".

    Published:Apr 3, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.25853
    CVSS Score:9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-415 Double Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
    http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
    http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High