CVE-2007-2442

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    CVE-2007-2442

    Published: 26 Jun 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/25800, http://secunia.com/advisories/25801, http://secunia.com/advisories/25814, http://secunia.com/advisories/25821, http://secunia.com/advisories/25841, http://secunia.com/advisories/25870, http://secunia.com/advisories/25888, http://secunia.com/advisories/25890, http://secunia.com/advisories/25894, http://secunia.com/advisories/25911, http://secunia.com/advisories/26033, http://secunia.com/advisories/26228, http://secunia.com/advisories/26235, http://secunia.com/advisories/26909, http://secunia.com/advisories/27706, http://secunia.com/advisories/40346, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427, http://osvdb.org/36596, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344, https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html

    Affected packages

    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
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