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.
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EUVD-2007-5942 | 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. |
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USN-924-1 | Kerberos vulnerabilities |
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USN-940-1 | Kerberos vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.635Z
Reserved: 2007-11-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-5972

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2007-12-06T02:46:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2007-5972


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