Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in…

Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.9% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-415 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-415 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (34)

• 23282 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• HPSBUX02217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 24740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017852 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 25388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• TA07-093B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 20070405 FLEA-2007-0008-1: krb5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-1276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 24735 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 24750 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• kerberos-kadmind-code-execution(33413) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 24817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24757 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070403 MITKRB5-SA-2007-003: double-free vulnerability in kadmind (via GSS-API library) [CVE-2007-1216] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• VU#419344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 24785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-449-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070404 rPSA-2007-0063-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• GLSA-200704-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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[![CVE-2007-1216](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-1216.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-1216)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:50 UTC.