CVE-2007-5471 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ISC BIND named daemon via GSS-TSIG requests due to improper error handling in libgssapi.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-5471?
CVE-2007-5471 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 16 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libgssapi before 0.6-13.7, as used by the ISC BIND named daemon in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 1, terminates upon an initialization error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a GSS-TSIG request. NOTE: this issue probably affects other daemons that attempt to initialize this library within a chroot configuration or other invalid configuration.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5471?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5471 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-5471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Suse Suse Linux
- CVE-2007-0460 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-2023 The send_pinentry_environment function in asshelp.c in gpg2 on SUSE Linux 9.3 does not properly handle certain options, which can prevent pi
- CVE-2004-2004 The Live CD in SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal edition is configured without a password for root, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via SSH.
- CVE-2000-1040 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2000-1044 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mcgr-4jxq-p7jr.