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DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3999
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3999
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library (librpcsecgss) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.2, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and some third-party applications that use krb5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and probably execute arbitrary code via a long string in an RPC message.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | krb5 | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 5, 2007 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated