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CVE-2007-2798 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=548 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/36595 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25875 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102985-1 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-005.txt CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554257 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472289/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24653 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018295 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2370 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35080 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1726 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7550 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9996 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/327/3675615_f.SAL_Public.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2798
NVD Published Date:
06/26/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE