6.9

CVE-2007-5901: mit kerberos_5 Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5901
Published 06-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5901 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0164

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
Mit1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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