Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5972
CVE-2007-5972
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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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.5
Patches
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References
13- secunia.com/advisories/28636nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- osvdb.org/44747nvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/39290nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/39784nvd
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012nvd
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