krb5: ftpd - use of uninitialized variables
Published Dec 6, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.69%
Description
The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.
Affected products
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue is not a vulnerability, for more information see https://marc.info/?m=119743235325151
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02685) | 85.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02685) | 83.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.25% (0.02245) | 83.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.89% (0.06895) | 85.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.18% (0.02182) | 83.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 5.50% (0.05505) | 93.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.21% (0.03205) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 2.77% (0.02766) | 90.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 3.86% (0.03862) | 91.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 3.45% (0.03445) | 90.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 3.19% (0.03192) | 90.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.15% (0.02154) | 87.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205 x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/44333 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5894 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415311 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5894
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5894
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