CVE-2007-5972

Critical

Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMit Kerberos
PublishedDec 6, 2007
First seenDec 6, 2007

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mit kerberos_51.5—

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