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    CVE-2007-5894

    The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

    Published:Nov 14, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.02774
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205
    http://osvdb.org/44333
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205
    http://osvdb.org/44333
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

    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