// For flags

CVE-2007-0956

Unauthorized access via krb5-telnet daemon

Severity Score

10.0
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

El demonio telnet (telnetd) en MIT krb5 anterior a 1.6.1 permite a atacantes remotos evitar la validación y ganar accesos al sistema a través de un nombre de usuario comenzando con el carácter '-', un asunto similar a CVE-2007-0882.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-02-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-04-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-06-01 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
CAPEC
References (32)
URL Tag Source
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://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html Third Party Advisory
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046 Broken Link
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc 2021-02-02
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html 2021-02-02
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml 2021-02-02
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1 2021-02-02
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt 2021-02-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 2021-02-02
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 2021-02-02
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html 2021-02-02
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 2021-02-02
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0956 2007-04-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229782 2007-04-03
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mit
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 Kerberos 5
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 < 1.6.1
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-
Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 3.1
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-
Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 4.0
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-
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 5.10
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Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 6.06
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Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 6.10
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Affected