Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Kerberos | — | Apply OS X security update 2007-004 | Dec 16, 2011 | Apr 5, 2007 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade krb5 | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 6, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-crypt/mit-krb5. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 5, 2007 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade krb5-develUpgrade krb5-serverUpgrade krb5-workstationUpgrade krb5-libs | Oct 16, 2024 | Apr 6, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade krb5-devel-32bitUpgrade krb5-develUpgrade krb5-plugin-preauth-spakeUpgrade krb5-plugin-preauth-otpUpgrade krb5-plugin-kdb-ldapUpgrade krb5-32bitUpgrade krb5-apps-serversUpgrade krb5Upgrade krb5-apps-clientsUpgrade krb5-serverUpgrade krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinitUpgrade krb5-clientUpgrade krb5-x86 | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libkrb53Upgrade libkadm55Upgrade krb5-telnetd | Nov 8, 2024 | Apr 6, 2007 |
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