CVE-2007-0956 - CVE House
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Status published 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

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.