CVE-2007-4000

N/A Unknown
Published: September 05, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The kadm5_modify_policy_internal function in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_policy.c in the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.2 does not properly check return values when the policy does not exist, which might allow remote authenticated users with the "modify policy" privilege to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a write to an uninitialized pointer.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26676
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26680
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26700
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26728
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26783
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377544
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:174
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0858.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25533
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018647
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3051
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250976
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36438
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9278
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00087.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/26676
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26680
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26700
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26783
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3092
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-006.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-01.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:174
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0858.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478794/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25533
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018647
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=250976
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36438
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1696
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9278
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00087.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List

44 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.1%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-824

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject mit

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