CVE-2007-2442 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2007-2442

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos...

Vulnerability 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.

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, 6.06, 6.10, 7.04

Timeline

Official Publish: June 26th, 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.