| Name | CVE-2007-0956 |
| Description | The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1276-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.15-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.15-1+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1.17-3+deb10u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1.17-3+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 | source | sarge | 1.3.6-2sarge4 | DSA-1276-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | etch | 1.4.4-7etch1 | DSA-1276-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | 1.4.4-8 | high |