CVE-2007-2443

HIGH 8.3CVE-2007-2443 · Published 26/06/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-2443 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability affecting kerberos 5 (mit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kerberos 5 mit	`≤ 1.6.1`	No fix yet

Description

Integer signedness error in the gssrpc__svcauth_unix function in svc_auth_unix.c in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.

References

patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc · Broken Link
docs.info.apple.com/article.html · Broken Link
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp · Broken Link
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html · Mailing List
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html · Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org/36597 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/25800 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/25801 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/25814 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/25821 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/25870 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/25888

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

kerberos 5

mit

≤ 1.6.1

No fix yet

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