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CVE-2007-0956 Detail

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.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0956
NVD Published Date:
04/05/2007
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE