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 beginning with a '-' character, a similar issue to CVE-2007-0882.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc	Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24755	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1	Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc	Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24755	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1	Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046	Broken Link Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 00:27

Information

Published : 2007-04-06 01:19

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2007-0956

Mitre link : CVE-2007-0956

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-0956

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

mit

kerberos_5

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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