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SUSE-SA:2007:025: krb5

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SUSE-SA:2007:025: krb5

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/05/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2007
Modified
02/04/2021

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.

Solution(s)

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