6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-5971
MIT Kerberos 5 Double Free Vulnerability
Description

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 6, 2007, 2:46 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 15, 2018, 9:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5971 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 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-2007-5971.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199212
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/43345
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10296
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-5971 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5971 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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10296 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10296 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 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-2007-5971 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5971 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.07 }} 0.01%

score

0.31557

percentile

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