CVE-2007-4743

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4743
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-06 22:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe original patch for CVE-2007-3999 in svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and other applications that use krb5, does not correctly check the buffer length in some environments and architectures, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a buffer overflow attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.4.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.4.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.5 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.5.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.5.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.6 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.6.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rPath update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-319A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[#RPL-1696] RPL:1 krb5 multiple issues CVE-2007-3999 CVE-2007-4743 - rPath Issue Tracking System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Apple Mac OS X v10.4.11 2007-008 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-511-2: Kerberos vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1387-1 librpcsecgss af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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