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 …
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Summary
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 occ…
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- :
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205 Issue Tracking
- http://osvdb.org/44333 Broken Link
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html Mailing List
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 Broken Link
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 Broken Link
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205 Issue Tracking
- http://osvdb.org/44333 Broken Link
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html Mailing List
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 Broken Link
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 Broken Link
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD