CVE-2007-5972

N/A Unknown
Published: December 06, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/44747
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/44747
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.7%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mit

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