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CVE-2007-1216 json

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

published 2007-04-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-1213

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.9%
EPSS 9.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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".

Patch / fix

  • mit kerberos_5 1.6.1
  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.4-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1216

  • krb5 RHEL 2.1 1.2.2-44
  • krb5 RHEL 3 1.2.7-61
  • krb5 RHEL 4 1.3.4-46
  • krb5 RHEL 5 1.5-23
  • krb5-libs RHEL 2.1 1.2.2-44
  • krb5-libs RHEL 3 1.2.7-61
  • krb5-libs RHEL 4 1.3.4-46
  • krb5-libs RHEL 5 1.5-23

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0095

  • krb5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.19.2-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-1216 updated

krb5 double free flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 krb5 1.2.7-61, krb5-libs 1.2.7-61, krb5-server 1.2.7-61, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-61 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) krb5 1.5-23, krb5-libs 1.5-23, krb5-server 1.5-23, krb5-workstation 1.5-23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 krb5 1.2.2-44, krb5-libs 1.2.2-44, krb5-server 1.2.2-44, krb5-workstation 1.2.2-44 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 krb5 1.2.7-61, krb5-libs 1.2.7-61, krb5-server 1.2.7-61, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-61 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 krb5 1.3.4-46, krb5-libs 1.3.4-46, krb5-server 1.3.4-46, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-46 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) krb5 1.5-23, krb5-libs 1.5-23, krb5-server 1.5-23, krb5-workstation 1.5-23
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 krb5 1.3.4-46, krb5-libs 1.3.4-46, krb5-server 1.3.4-46, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-46 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) krb5 1.5-23, krb5-libs 1.5-23, krb5-server 1.5-23, krb5-workstation 1.5-23 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 krb5 1.2.2-44, krb5-libs 1.2.2-44, krb5-server 1.2.2-44, krb5-workstation 1.2.2-44 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 krb5 1.2.7-61, krb5-libs 1.2.7-61, krb5-server 1.2.7-61, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-61 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 krb5 1.3.4-46, krb5-libs 1.3.4-46, krb5-server 1.3.4-46, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-46 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 krb5 1.2.2-44, krb5-libs 1.2.2-44, krb5-server 1.2.2-44, krb5-workstation 1.2.2-44 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 krb5 1.2.7-61, krb5-libs 1.2.7-61, krb5-server 1.2.7-61, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-61 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 krb5 1.3.4-46, krb5-libs 1.3.4-46, krb5-server 1.3.4-46, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-46 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 krb5 1.2.2-44, krb5-libs 1.2.2-44, krb5-server 1.2.2-44, krb5-workstation 1.2.2-44
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0095

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Exploit prediction

9.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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Sources

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