CVE-2007-2442
N/A
Published: June 26, 2007 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxKerberos 5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1
References (52)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824
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