CVE-2007-2798

krb5 kadmind buffer overflow

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Stack-based buffer overflow in the rename_principal_2_svc function in kadmind for MIT Kerberos 1.5.3, 1.6.1, and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to rename a principal.

Un desbordamiento de búfer en la región Stack de la memoria en la función rename_principal_2_svc en kadmind para MIT Kerberos versiones 1.5.3, 1.6.1, y otras versiones, permite a los usuarios autenticados remotos ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de una petición creada para renombrar un principal.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-05-22 CVE Reserved
2007-06-26 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (55)

URL	Tag	Source
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172	Broken Link
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=548	Broken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/36595	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25875	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472289/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24653	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018295	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2370	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35080	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1726	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7550	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9996	Signature
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/327/3675615_f.SAL_Public.html	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-005.txt	2021-02-02
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554257	2021-02-02

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc	2021-02-02
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427	2021-02-02
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html	2021-02-02
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml	2021-02-02
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102985-1	2021-02-02
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323	2021-02-02
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137	2021-02-02
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html	2021-02-02
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html	2021-02-02
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html	2021-02-02
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021	2021-02-02
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1	2021-02-02
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2798	2007-06-26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=245549	2007-06-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mit Search vendor "Mit"		Kerberos 5 Search vendor "Mit" for product "Kerberos 5"				<= 1.6.1 Search vendor "Mit" for product "Kerberos 5" and version " <= 1.6.1"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				6.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				7.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.04"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				3.1 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected