CVE-2007-0957

Description

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.

Category

9.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.22% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10757 broken link signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218 third party advisory vdb entry
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464592/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24798 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1983 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102930-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 broken link
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23285 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1250 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33411 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704024 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017849 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25464 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0957?
CVE-2007-0957 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0957?
To fix CVE-2007-0957, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0957 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0957 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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