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CVE-2007-5902
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…
High10.0EPSS 5.9%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- 39784 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-940-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 26750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 39290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-924-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 28636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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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