krb5: integer overflow in rpc lib
Published Dec 6, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.91%
Description
Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.
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 practical 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:L/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 | 5.91% (0.05914) | 93.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.91% (0.05914) | 92.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.00% (0.04002) | 87.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.66% (0.07656) | 86.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.00% (0.04002) | 87.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 7.20% (0.07198) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 8.30% (0.08304) | 94.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.10% (0.04099) | 92.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.05% (0.03050) | 91.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 3.09% (0.03090) | 90.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 2.95% (0.02946) | 89.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.73% (0.02728) | 88.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://osvdb.org/44748 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_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39784 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5902 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415341 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5902
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5902
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