FKIE_CVE-2007-5901
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-06 02:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:47
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.11 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.5.2 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.11 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.5.2 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | * |
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