CVE-2007-5894

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5894
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-06 02:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MIT Kerberos Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo Bug 199205 - app-crypt/mit-krb5 <1.6.3-r1 multiple issues (CVE-2007-{5901,5902, 5971, 5972, 5894}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
osvdb.org/44333 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Full Disclosure: Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rPath update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-12-14Mark J CoxThis issue is not a vulnerability, for more information see http://marc.info/?m=119743235325151

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