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CVE-2007-5901 Details

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

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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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214 CVEExploit
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html CVE
http://osvdb.org/43346 CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apple mac os x
10.4.11
10.5.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server
10.4.11
10.5.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mit kerberos 5
<= 1.6.3_kdc

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5901
NVD Published Date:
Dec 6, 2007
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]