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CVE-2007-0956

The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username

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Summary

The telnet daemon (telnetd) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain system access via a username beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 25

vupen.com

oval.cisecurity.org

patches.sgi.com

securityfocus.com

secunia.com

redhat.com

kb.cert.org

us-cert.gov

debian.org

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

web.mit.edu

securitytracker.com

sunsolve.sun.com

lists.suse.com