| Name | CVE-2007-3999 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1367-1, DSA-1368-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.15-1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.15-1+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1.17-3+deb10u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1.17-3+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | fixed | |
| librpcsecgss (PTS) | jessie, buster, stretch | 0.19-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| krb5 | source | sarge | (not affected) | |||
| krb5 | source | etch | 1.4.4-7etch4 | DSA-1367-1 | ||
| krb5 | source | (unstable) | 1.6.dfsg.1-7 | high | ||
| librpcsecgss | source | etch | 0.14-2etch1 | DSA-1368-1 | ||
| librpcsecgss | source | (unstable) | 0.14-3 |
[sarge] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)