CVE-2007-0957
HIGH severity · CVSS 9 · Out-of-bounds write
9CVSS HIGH
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)10%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24706Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24735Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24736Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24740Advisory