CVE-2007-5902

NameCVE-2007-5902
DescriptionInteger overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severityhigh
Debian Bugs454974

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)stretch1.15-1+deb9u1fixed
stretch (security)1.15-1+deb9u2fixed
buster, buster (security)1.17-3+deb10u1fixed
bullseye, sid1.18.3-5fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5source(unstable)1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1unimportant454974

Notes

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