CVE-2007-2443

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    CVE-2007-2443

    Published: 26 Jun 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer signedness error in the gssrpc__svcauth_unix function in svc_auth_unix.c in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/25800, http://secunia.com/advisories/25801, http://secunia.com/advisories/25814, http://secunia.com/advisories/25821, http://secunia.com/advisories/25870, http://secunia.com/advisories/25888, http://secunia.com/advisories/25890, http://secunia.com/advisories/25894, http://secunia.com/advisories/25911, http://secunia.com/advisories/26033, http://secunia.com/advisories/26228, http://secunia.com/advisories/26235, http://secunia.com/advisories/26909, http://secunia.com/advisories/27706, http://secunia.com/advisories/40346, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24657, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35085, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427, http://osvdb.org/36597, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131, https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html

    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