Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-1216
CVE-2007-1216
Description
Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".
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Affected products
8cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
35- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- 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/24757nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24785nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24786nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24817nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24966nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25388nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344nvdThird 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/1/464591/100/0/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/23282nvdThird 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.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.ascnvdBroken Link
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvdBroken Link
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvdBroken Link
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.htmlnvdBroken Link
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