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Critical
CVE-2007-0956
The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows...
Vulnerability Description
The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24755
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kerberos 5, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.1, 4.0, 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 6th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.