The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.553Z

Reserved: 2007-11-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5894

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-06T02:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5894

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5894 - Bugzilla

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