CVE-2007-0957 — Out-of-bounds Write in Kerberos 5

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents8 sources
Severity
9.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
26.1%
top 3.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
MIT Krb5MIT Kerberos 5Canonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 6
Latest updateMay 3

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmit/kerberos_5< 1.6.1
▶Debianmit/krb5< 1.4.4-8+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 3.1, 4.0, Ubuntu Linux 5.10, 6.06, 6.10

Patches

Patch: web.mit.edu ↗Patch: web.mit.edu ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qhvp-f78p-g96p: Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Dis↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2007-0957: Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Dis↗2007-04-06
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CVEList
CVE-2007-0957: Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Dis↗2007-04-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
krb5 vulnerabilities↗2007-04-04
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Red Hat
krb5_klog_syslog() stack buffer overflow↗2007-04-03
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Debian
CVE-2007-0957: krb5 - Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 librar...↗2007
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4302 kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case↗2008-09-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-0957 krb5_klog_syslog() stack buffer overflow↗2007-03-08
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