CVE-2007-1216
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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".
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- lists.apple.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- security.gentoo.org
- debian.org
- kb.cert.org
- mandriva.com
- redhat.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securitytracker.com
- ubuntu.com
- us-cert.gov
- us-cert.gov
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- oval.cisecurity.org
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| CVE-2023-25136 | Medium | 6.5 | 90% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-0101 | Critical | 10.0 | 87% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2003-0545 | Critical | 9.8 | 85% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-3829 | Medium | 5.3 | 59% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-33824 | Critical | 9.8 | 56% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-3407 | Medium | 5.5 | 50% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2007-1216?
Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.4.4-8 or later.
Is CVE-2007-1216 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2007-1216 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 9.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2007-1216?
CVE-2007-1216 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.0, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2007-1216 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for krb5 (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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