CVE-2007-1216

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

• CWE-415

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascBroken Link
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391Broken Link
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923Broken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24706Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24735Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24736Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24740Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24750Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24757Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24785Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24786Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24817Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24966Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25388Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascBroken Link
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391Broken Link
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923Broken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlBroken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24706Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24735Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24736Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24740Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24750Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24757Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24785Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24786Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24817Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24966Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25388Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077Third Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135Broken Link, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 6, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified