CVE-2007-2798
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-06-26 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-05-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f9fdb384f3d2402dd25300e2f6fd93c973d9f874ac0831afe7d6edafe6e69d2e
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.grok.org.uk20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Playerhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2732http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
- secunia.com25894http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- secunia.com25801http://secunia.com/advisories/25801
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-477-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3229http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- www.securityfocus.com20070629 TSLSA-2007-0021 - kerberos5http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded
- secunia.com25911http://secunia.com/advisories/25911
- secunia.com25888http://secunia.com/advisories/25888
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0384http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html
- secunia.com25890http://secunia.com/advisories/25890
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2337http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1726https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1726
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-07-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2491http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491
- secunia.com26228http://secunia.com/advisories/26228
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1574http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574
- secunia.com26033http://secunia.com/advisories/26033
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200707-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml
- web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-005.txt
- secunia.com25800http://secunia.com/advisories/25800
- www.securityfocus.com24653http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24653
- h20000.www2.hp.comSSRT100107http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427
- www.debian.orgDSA-1323http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323
- www.trustix.org2007-0021http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2370http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2370
- www.us-cert.govTA07-177Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:038http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html
- sunsolve.sun.com102985http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102985-1
- secunia.com25870http://secunia.com/advisories/25870
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:137http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137
- secunia.com26909http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499
- secunia.com27706http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7550https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7550
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkerberos-renameprincipal2svc-bo(35080)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35080
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0562http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9996https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9996
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#554257http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554257
- www.securityfocus.com20070628 FLEA-2007-0029-1: krb5 krb5-workstationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com25159http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- www.securityfocus.com20070626 MITKRB5-SA-2007-005: kadmind vulnerable to buffer overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472289/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com25814http://secunia.com/advisories/25814
- www.securitytracker.com1018295http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018295
- secunia.com25821http://secunia.com/advisories/25821
- patches.sgi.com20070602-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- secunia.com25875http://secunia.com/advisories/25875
- secunia.com40346http://secunia.com/advisories/40346
- osvdb.org36595http://osvdb.org/36595
- secure-support.novell.comhttps://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/327/3675615_f.SAL_Public.html
- secunia.com26235http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
- labs.idefense.com20070626 Multiple Vendor Kerberos kadmind Rename Principal Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=548
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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