CVE-2007-4743
N/A
Published: September 6, 2007 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKerberos 5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1387
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0892.html
References (17)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1387Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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