CVE-2007-2442

NameCVE-2007-2442
DescriptionThe gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1323-1
Debian Bugs430787

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)bullseye1.18.3-6+deb11u5fixed
bullseye (security)1.18.3-6+deb11u7fixed
bookworm1.20.1-2+deb12u4fixed
bookworm (security)1.20.1-2+deb12u2fixed
trixie1.21.3-5fixed
forky, sid1.22.1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5sourcesarge1.3.6-2sarge5DSA-1323-1
krb5sourceetch1.4.4-7etch2DSA-1323-1
krb5source(unstable)1.6.dfsg.1-5high430787
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