Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-0956
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.
Threat overview for CVE-2007-0956
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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
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IPs affected by CVE-2007-0956 121
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0956
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.29%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 91 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-0956
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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10.0
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
10.0
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10.0
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2007-0956
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The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2007-0956
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http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
Broken Link
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046
Broken Link;Third Party Advisory
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1
Broken Link
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
Third Party Advisory
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
Third Party Advisory
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http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt
Vendor Advisory
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816
Third Party Advisory;US Government Resource
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http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
Third Party Advisory;US Government Resource
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
Third Party Advisory
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ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
Broken Link
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2007-0956
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*