CVE-2007-0957

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    CVE-2007-0957

    Published: 6 Apr 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.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/24757, http://secunia.com/advisories/24785, http://secunia.com/advisories/24786, http://secunia.com/advisories/24798, http://secunia.com/advisories/24817, http://secunia.com/advisories/24966, http://secunia.com/advisories/25464, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704024, 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/1/464592/100/0/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/23285, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017849, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1250, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1983, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33411, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10757, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102930-1, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704024, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10757

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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