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GHSA-JP3P-7XP7-3QGR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 18:37 – Updated: 2022-05-01 18:37

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** DISPUTED ** The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code."

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CVE-2007-5894 (GCVE-0-2007-5894)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-06 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:47 Disputed

Summary

The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2362 records in the last 180 days details

References

12 references

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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://osvdb.org/44333	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2007-12-03 00:00

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