CVE-2007-5901
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2007-5901 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2007-12-06 02:46:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X Server | 10.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X Server | 10.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIT Kerberos Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| USN-924-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ubuntu.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: krb5-1.6.2-14.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Fedora update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| About Security Update 2008-002 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | docs.info.apple.com | |
| 199214 – mit-krb5 lib vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Exploit |
| Full Disclosure: MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Support | Red Hat | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| 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 | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: krb5-1.6.1-9.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| osvdb.org/43346 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| Gentoo update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-12-14 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5901 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.