CVE-2007-2442

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.

• CWE-824

• 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

Published

Jun 26, 2007

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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