NVD

CVE-2007-0956 Detail

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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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24755	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt	CVE, MITRE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414	CVE, MITRE	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046	CVE, MITRE	Broken Link Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-306	Missing Authentication for Critical Function	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:27:09 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
Added	Reference	http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24755
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
Added	Reference	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1
Added	Reference	http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
Added	Reference	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
Added	Reference	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2021 1:23:34 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-306
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Changed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos::::::::* versions up to (including) 5-1.6	OR cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.1
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Removed	CPE Configuration	OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:1:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc No Types Assigned	ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24755 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24755 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml No Types Assigned	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Vendor Advisory	http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html US Government Resource	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Removed	Evaluator Solution	The vendor will address this issue in the upcoming krb5-1.6.1 release.

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/16/2018 12:35:42 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0956
NVD Published Date:
04/05/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2007-0956 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 CVE 11/20/2024 7:27:09 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:43:17 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/02/2021 1:23:34 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/16/2018 12:35:42 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2017 9:31:41 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 7/28/2017 9:30:31 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 4/09/2007 12:43:00 PM

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