Explain CVE-2007-1216
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".
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '23282', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282'}, {'name': 'ADV-2007-1218', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218'}, {'name': '20070401-01-P', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SGI'], 'url': 'ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc'}, {'name': 'HPSBUX02217', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923'}, {'name': '24966', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24966'}, {'name': '24706', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24706'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11135', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135'}, {'name': '24740', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24740'}, {'name': '1017852', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2007:0095', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html'}, {'name': '25388', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/25388'}, {'name': '24786', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24786'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391'}, {'name': 'TA07-093B', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html'}, {'name': '20070405 FLEA-2007-0008-1: krb5', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded'}, {'name': 'DSA-1276', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276'}, {'name': '24735', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24735'}, {'name': 'TA07-109A', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html'}, {'name': '24750', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24750'}, {'name': 'SSRT071337', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923'}, {'name': 'kerberos-kadmind-code-execution(33413)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413'}, {'name': '24817', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24817'}, {'name': '24757', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24757'}, {'name': '20070403 MITKRB5-SA-2007-003: double-free vulnerability in kadmind (via GSS-API library) [CVE-2007-1216]', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt'}, {'name': 'ADV-2007-1916', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1916'}, {'name': 'VU#419344', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/419344'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2007:025', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html'}, {'name': '24785', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24785'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2007:077', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077'}, {'name': 'USN-449-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2007-04-19', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2007-1470', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470'}, {'name': '24736', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/24736'}, {'name': '20070404 rPSA-2007-0063-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200704-02', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED