CVE-2007-3999
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3983)
- Published
- September 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3983 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
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/26676(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26680(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26684(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26691(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26697(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26699(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26700(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26705(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26713(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26728(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26783(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26792(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26896(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27043(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27081(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27146(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29270
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103060-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201319-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-396.htm
- http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1367
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1368
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883632(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:174
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:181
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0858.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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