10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2007-0956
Krb5 Telnetd Authentication Bypass
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 6, 2007, 1:19 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 2, 2021, 6:23 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0956 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mit kerberos_5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0956.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24755 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 Broken Link Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0956 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Evaluator Solution The vendor will address this issue in the upcoming krb5-1.6.1 release.
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc No Types Assigned ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24755 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24755 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Vendor Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-306
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5-1.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10046 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33414 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0956 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.62 }} 0.50%

score

0.91670

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability