Bug 231537 (CVE-2007-1216)

Summary: CVE-2007-1216 krb5 double free flaw
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jplans, security-response-team
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2007-0095 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2007-03-08 21:20:55 UTC 
The MIT Kerberos Team has informed us of a double free flaw in krb5.  An
authenticated user could leverage this flaw to execute arbitrary code
with the permissions the kadmind process.
Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2007-03-08 21:24:22 UTC 
Created attachment 149639 [details]
Proposed upstream patch
Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2007-03-08 21:28:07 UTC 
This flaw should also affect RHEL2.1, 3, and 4
Comment 6 Mark J. Cox 2007-04-03 18:08:34 UTC 
now public, removing embargo

Note a double-free flaw is not exploitable on RHEL4 or RHEL5.
Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-04-03 18:22:10 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html