CVE-2007-5972
N/A
Published: December 6, 2007 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKerberos 5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
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:
References (13)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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