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CVE-2007-5972 Details

Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

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)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211	CVE
http://osvdb.org/44747	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012	CVE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192	CVE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/44747	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012	[email protected]
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mit kerberos 5	1.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 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]
Jan 21, 2020	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]