CVE-2007-2798 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-2798?

CVE-2007-2798 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Jun 2007. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the rename_principal_2_svc function in kadmind for MIT Kerberos 1.5.3, 1.6.1, and other versions allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to rename a principal.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2798?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2007-2798?

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-2007-2798 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2798 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-2007-2798, GHSA-hfq9-977x-jj82.