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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-2442 · published 26 June 2007

CVE-2007-2442: Mit kerberos 5 vulnerability

Mit · Kerberos 5

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.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.1% CWE-824 · CWE-824
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
104References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36596 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-2442), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.