CVE-2007-2442

Published: 26 June 2007

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
krb5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.4.3-5ubuntu0.6)
	edgy	Released (1.4.3-9ubuntu1.5)
	feisty	Released (1.4.4-5ubuntu3.3)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-477-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2442
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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