CVE-2007-5894
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- 29457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 26750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 44333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 28636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5864 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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