Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-2442: MIT Kerberos 5: Arbitrary remote code execution
10
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
06/26/2007
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
02/04/2021
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5
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