CVE-2007-4000
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.5 · CWE-824
8.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The kadm5_modify_policy_internal function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_policy.c in the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.2 does not properly check return values when the policy does not exist, which might allow remote authenticated users with the "modify policy" privilege to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a write to an uninitialized pointer.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/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
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txtAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26680
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26728
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26783
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092