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CVE-2007-5902

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5902 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function within the lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c component of MIT Kerberos 5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an unknown impact by supplying a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered critical, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found, and there is no media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0591 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5902Moderate

krb5: integer overflow in rpc lib

Nov 14, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
osvdb.org / 44748
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
secunia.com / advisories/28636
secunia.com / advisories/29457
secunia.com / advisories/39290
secunia.com / advisories/39784
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2012
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-924-1
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26750
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-940-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1192