# CVE-2007-1216: Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MI

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-04-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23282
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01056923
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017852
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25388
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464591/100/0/threaded
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-003.txt

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