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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5901

Original release date:12/06/2007
Last revised:11/15/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Description

Information from Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/14/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5901 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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External Source: BID
Name: 26750
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2647
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2637
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0164
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:069
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-31
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29516
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29464
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29451
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972]
Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 43346
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/43346
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11
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spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.3_kdc and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5901