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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-5901: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-5901: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/05/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-crypt-mit-krb5

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