CVE-2007-5972
EPSS 1.9%
Description
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.
How to fix CVE-2007-5972
To remediate CVE-2007-5972, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/krb5—upgrade to 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1 or later
Is CVE-2007-5972 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1