CVE-2007-4743
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- DSA-1387 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 26699 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 26444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-511-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20070907 FLEA-2007-0050-1 krb5 krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070906 rPSA-2007-0179-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA07-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-4724 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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