CVE-2007-5902

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    CVE-2007-5902

    Published: 6 Dec 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28636, http://secunia.com/advisories/29457, http://secunia.com/advisories/39290, http://secunia.com/advisories/39784, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192, 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://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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

    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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