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    CVE-2007-5902

    Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.

    Published:Nov 14, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.04002
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2024-37370 (CVSS 7.5) — In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can modify the plaintext Extra Count field of a confid…
    CVE-2024-37371 (CVSS 9.1) — In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can cause invalid memory reads during GSS message toke…
    CVE-2024-26462 (CVSS 5.5) — Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/kdc/ndr.c.…
    CVE-2024-26461 (CVSS 7.5) — Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c.…
    CVE-2024-26458 (CVSS 5.3) — Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21.2 contains a memory leak in /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c.…
    CVE-2025-24528 (CVSS 7.1) — In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22 (with incremental propagation), there is an integer overflow for a la…
    CVE-2023-39975 (CVSS 8.8) — kdc/do_tgs_req.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.21 before 1.21.2 has a double free that is reachable if an aut…
    CVE-2023-36054 (CVSS 6.5) — lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.20.2 and 1.21.x before 1.21.1 frees an uninitia…

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
    http://osvdb.org/44748
    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://secunia.com/advisories/39290
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
    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
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
    http://osvdb.org/44748
    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://secunia.com/advisories/39290
    http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
    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
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
    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