CVE-2007-2798

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
Debian Linux: 3.1, 4.0
MIT Kerberos 5: through 1.6.1

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=548
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://osvdb.org/36595
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870

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