CVE-2007-3999

Published: Sep 5, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

10.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (12)

Products: Mit: Kerberos 5

Mit

1 product

Kerberos 5

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.4.1
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.4.2
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.4.3
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.4.4
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.4
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.5.1
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.5.2
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.5.3
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.5
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.6.1
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.6.2
Mit Kerberos 5	Version 1.6

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (124)

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041