CVE-2007-0957

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMit Kerberos
PublishedApr 6, 2007
First seenApr 6, 2007

How to fix

Update
  • mit kerberos_51.6.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mit kerberos_5v < 1.6.11.6.1
debian debian_linux3.1, 4.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux5.10, 6.06, 6.10—

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