CVE-2007-0957

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2007-04-03
Bugzilla:
231528: CVE-2007-0957 krb5_klog_syslog() stack buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.

Find out more about CVE-2007-0957 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (krb5) RHSA-2007:0095 2007-04-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (krb5) RHSA-2007:0095 2007-04-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (krb5) RHSA-2007:0095 2007-04-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (krb5) RHSA-2007:0095 2007-04-03

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank MIT and iDefense for reporting this issue.

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