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CVE-2007-1216 Details

Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc	CVE	Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391	CVE	Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923	CVE	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916	CVE	Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25388	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-415	Double Free	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mit kerberos 5	< 1.6.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	5.10 6.06 6.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	3.1 4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 9, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2007-1216 Details

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