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CVE-2007-4743

Publication date 6 September 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The 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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
krb5 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.4.4-5ubuntu3.3
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.5
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.6
librpcsecgss 7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.14-2ubuntu1.2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.13-2ubuntu0.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.7-0ubuntu1.2

Notes


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Debian package is missing mention of CVE-2007-4743 (and CVE-2007-4000)

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-511-2
    • Kerberos vulnerability
    • 7 September 2007

Other references