CVE-2007-2443
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.3
8.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Integer signedness error in the gssrpc__svcauth_unix function in svc_auth_unix.c in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/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/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlAdvisory
- http://osvdb.org/36597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25800Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25801Advisory