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    CVE-2007-5901

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

    Published:Nov 14, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00111
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X Server
    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://osvdb.org/43346
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://osvdb.org/43346
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html

    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