Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-0956
CVE-2007-0956
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.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
30- secunia.com/advisories/24706nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24735nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24736nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24740nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24750nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24755nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24757nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24785nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24786nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24817nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascnvdBroken Link
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlnvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
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