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CVE-2007-5894

Publication date 6 December 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

** DISPUTED ** 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."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
krb5 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

kees

upstream does not feel this is a security issue

Patch details

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Package Patch details
krb5