CVE-2007-5894 (GCVE-0-2007-5894)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-12-06 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 15:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/44333
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28636Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29457Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/44333
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28636Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29457Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012
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