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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-5901

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.
Publish Date : 2007-12-05 Last Update Date : 2017-09-28
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
6.9
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access Admin
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 399

- Vendor Statements

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5901 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
Source: Redhat

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low 2007-11-15 2007-11-14
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
ELSA-2008:0164: krb5 security and bugfix update (Critical) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22707 unix
RHSA-2008:0164: krb5 security and bugfix update (Critical) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080164 unix
Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 ... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11451 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2007-5901

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application MIT Kerberos 5 1.6.3 Kdc Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
MIT Kerberos 5 1

- References For CVE-2007-5901

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:069
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
REDHAT RHSA-2008:0164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
BID 26750 MIT Kerberos Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities Release Date:2010-05-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
VUPEN ADV-2008-0924
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-2637
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-2647
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
UBUNTU USN-924-1
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
FULLDISC 20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
FULLDISC 20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200803-31
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
APPLE APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 CONFIRM

- Vulnerability Conditions

Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used TOGETHER WITH(AND)

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2007-5901

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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