CVE-2007-3999

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library (librpcsecgss) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and some third-party applications that use krb5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and probably execute arbitrary code via a long string in an RPC message.

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References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
• http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-September/000237.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26676Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26680Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26684Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26691Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26697Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26699Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26700Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26705Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26713Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26728Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26783Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26792Vendor Advisory