CVE-2007-2798

CRITICAL 9.0CVE-2007-2798 · Published 26/06/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-2798 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability affecting kerberos 5 (mit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.5%, higher than 94.5% 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

Stack-based buffer overflow in the rename_principal_2_svc function in kadmind for MIT Kerberos 1.5.3, 1.6.1, and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to rename a principal.

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
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php · 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/36595 · 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

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