FKIE_CVE-2007-5972

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-06 02:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:47
Severity
Summary
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/44747
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28636Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/39290
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/39784
cve@mitre.orghttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/44747
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28636Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mit kerberos_5 1.5
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