CVE-2007-4000

CVE Details

Release Date:	2007-09-05
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	8.5
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (krb5)	ELSA-2007-0858	2007-09-04