CVE-2007-4743
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.
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
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4724)
- Published
- September 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4724 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://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86(Patch)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1387
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0892.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478748/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-511-2
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10239
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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