CVE-2007-0956
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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.
Exploit probability
29.8%
Published
April 6, 2007
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2007-0956
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24750
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24755
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24817
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102867-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-001-telnetd.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220816
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464590/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23281
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017848
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1249
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33414
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10046