NVD

CVE-2007-2442 Detail

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
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 List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	Third 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	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961	Patch Third Party Advisory US 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 Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/	Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html	Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html	Broken Link

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-824	Access of Uninitialized Pointer	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

Reanalysis by NIST 2/08/2024 10:23:38 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-824
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Third Party Advisory	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Third Party Advisory	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2021 1:29:01 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5::::::::* versions up to (including) 1.6.1
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos::::::::* versions up to (including) 5-1.6.1	OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Changed	Reference Type	ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc No Types Assigned	ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 No Types Assigned	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 No Types Assigned	http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://osvdb.org/36596 No Types Assigned	http://osvdb.org/36596 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25841 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml No Types Assigned	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt No Types Assigned	http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 Patch, US Government Resource	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html No Types Assigned	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ No Types Assigned	http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch, US Government Resource	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 No Types Assigned	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html No Types Assigned	https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html Broken Link

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/16/2018 12:43:26 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2442
NVD Published Date:
06/26/2007
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2007-2442 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:45:00 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 2/08/2024 10:23:38 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2021 1:29:01 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/16/2018 12:43:26 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2017 9:32:13 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 7/28/2017 9:31:27 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 6/27/2007 2:09:00 PM

Quick Info