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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.

Published

2007-09-06T22:17:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mit kerberos_5 1.4 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.4.1 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.4.2 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.4.3 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.4.4 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.5 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.5.1 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.5.2 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.5.3 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.6 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.6.1 Yes
Application mit kerberos_5 1.6.2 Yes
References