MIT Kerberos kadmind RPC Library RPCSEC_GSS Authentication Stack Overflow
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2007-3999
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1001089
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1001089 - MIT Kerberos kadmind RPC Library RPCSEC_GSS Authentication Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.4
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.4.1
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.4.2
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.4.3
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.4.4
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.5
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.5.1
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.5.2
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.5.3
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.6
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.6.1
- MIT Kerberos 5 1.6.2
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