CVE-2007-5971

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5...

6.9 MediumFix available

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Exploit likelihood

0.37%Down 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-5971
CVSS 2.0: 6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-399
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-5971
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-5941 No score

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: EUVD-2007-5941
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmmq-7mrq-vp86 No score

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5...

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: GHSA-mmmq-7mrq-vp86
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: CVE-2007-5971
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5971 No score

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5971
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1 No score

krb5-1.19.2-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the krb5-1.19.2-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

mit kerberos 5

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`krb5` Debian:12	before 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1	1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
`krb5` Debian:13	before 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1	1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
`krb5` Debian:14	before 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1	1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1	0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-server` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5-workstation` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1	0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
`krb5` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 20 CVEs	before 1.19.2-2.2	1.19.2-2.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, facts, references, title	GitHub Advisories, OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-5971 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Mit Kerberos 5, published December 6, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. Fixed in krb5 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1.

References

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