CVE-2007-5894

Name	CVE-2007-5894
Description	The 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	454974

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
krb5 (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.18.3-6+deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	1.20.1-2+deb12u2	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.21.3-3	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
krb5	source	(unstable)	1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1	unimportant		454974

Not exploitable in real-world circumstances:
http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2007-December/012717.html