CVE-2007-5972 Use after free in n/a
A double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 allows remote authenticated attackers with key storage privileges to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5972?
CVE-2007-5972 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 6 Dec 2007. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5972?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2007-5972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5972, GHSA-cpvg-gx3j-rfm4.