Buffer overflow in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-2007-4743
The original patch for CVE-2007-3999 in svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other applications that use krb5, does not correctly check the buffer length in some environments and architectures, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a buffer overflow attack.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.046 (91.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos 5 — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1387 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26699 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0892.html (vendor-advisory)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-511-2 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/26987 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)