CVE-2007-5901
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.9)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.47%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 39
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/43346
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/43346
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
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