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CVE-2007-5902 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/14/2007)

This issue is not a practical vulnerability, for more information see http://marc.info/?m=119743235325151

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214 Exploit 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5902
NVD Published Date:
12/05/2007
NVD Last Modified:
01/21/2020
Source:
MITRE