CVE-2007-3999

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    CVE-2007-3999

    Published: 5 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library (librpcsecgss) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and some third-party applications that use krb5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and probably execute arbitrary code via a long string in an RPC message.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26676, http://secunia.com/advisories/26680, http://secunia.com/advisories/26684, http://secunia.com/advisories/26691, http://secunia.com/advisories/26697, http://secunia.com/advisories/26699, http://secunia.com/advisories/26700, http://secunia.com/advisories/26705, http://secunia.com/advisories/26713, http://secunia.com/advisories/26728, http://secunia.com/advisories/26783, http://secunia.com/advisories/26792, http://secunia.com/advisories/26822, http://secunia.com/advisories/26896, http://secunia.com/advisories/26987, http://secunia.com/advisories/27043, http://secunia.com/advisories/27081, http://secunia.com/advisories/27146, http://secunia.com/advisories/27643, http://secunia.com/advisories/27756, http://secunia.com/advisories/29247, http://secunia.com/advisories/29270, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-01.xml, http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1367, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1368, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:174, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:181, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-511-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3051, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3052, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3060, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0803/references, http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-052.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250973, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html, http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-September/000237.html, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103060-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201319-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-396.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883632, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0858.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0913.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478748/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479251/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25534, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018647, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36437, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3162, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9379, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00087.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00173.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
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