| Name | CVE-2007-4743 |
| 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. |
| 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-1387-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 441209, 441393 |
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 | 441209 | |
| librpcsecgss | source | etch | 0.14-2etch3 | DSA-1387-1 | ||
| librpcsecgss | source | (unstable) | 0.14-4 | high | 441393 |
[sarge] - krb5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.announce/86
1.6.dfsg.1-7 somehow already includes the updated version