CVE-2007-5901

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2007-11-14
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
415321: CVE-2007-5901 krb5: use-after-free in gssapi lib

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2007-5901 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-5901

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (krb5) RHSA-2008:0164 2008-03-18

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