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CVE-2007-4743 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26699 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1387 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0892.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478748/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-511-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10239 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4743
NVD Published Date:
09/06/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.