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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-1216 · published 6 April 2007

CVE-2007-1216: Mit kerberos 5 double free vulnerability

Mit · Kerberos 5

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

9.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 9.9% · top 4.6% CWE-415 · Double free
9.0CVSS 2.0 base score
9.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
70References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-1216), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.