CVE-2007-0957 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0957?

CVE-2007-0957 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Apr 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0957?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mit Kerberos 5.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0957?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-0957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0957, GHSA-qhvp-f78p-g96p.