CVE-2007-2442

Name: CVE-2007-2442
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2007-06-26T22:30:00+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 11.38%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-2442 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 11.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

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.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

11.38%

95.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mit	Kerberos 5	<= 1.6.1
Debian	Debian Linux	3.1
Debian	Debian Linux	4.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	6.06
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	6.10
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	7.04

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascBroken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36596Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.htmlBroken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascBroken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36596Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.htmlBroken Link

Timeline

Published: Jun 26, 2007
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2007-2442?

How severe is CVE-2007-2442?

Severity scoring for CVE-2007-2442 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 11.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2442?

Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST