CVE-2007-0956

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-04-06

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-0956 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (krb5)	ELSA-2007-0095	2007-04-04

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