CVE-2007-5902
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5872)
- Published
- December 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5872 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/44748
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39784
- 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.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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