Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5901
CVE-2007-5901
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.
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Affected products
2Patches
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References
20- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750nvdPatch
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/43346nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29451nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29464nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29516nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/39290nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xmlnvd
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesnvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.htmlnvd
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