CVE-2007-5971

Description

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 vdb entry patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html mailing list
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/43345 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199212
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462 third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10296 vdb entry signature
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5971?
CVE-2007-5971 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5971?
To fix CVE-2007-5971, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5971 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-5971 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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