| Name | CVE-2007-5901 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 454974 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 | (unstable) | 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1 | unimportant | | 454974 |
Notes
Not exploitable in real-world circumstances:
http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/kerberos/2007-December/012717.html