Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind)…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.4% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (36)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20070403 MITKRB5-SA-2007-002: KDC, kadmind stack overflow in krb5_klog_syslog [CVE-2007-0957] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 102930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• TA07-093B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 20070405 FLEA-2007-0008-1: krb5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-1276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 24735 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23285 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 24750 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24757 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• kerberos-krb5klogsyslog-bo(33411) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• VU#704024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 1017849 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 24785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-449-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070404 rPSA-2007-0063-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• GLSA-200704-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:34 UTC.