Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2007-3999

Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the...

10.0 HighFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

10.9%Up 2.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 10.0

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.

Record
CVE-2007-3999
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2007-3999
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-3983 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2007-3983
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-62qg-wq9p-p6p2 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the svcauth_gss_validate function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in the...

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.

Record
GHSA-62qg-wq9p-p6p2
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2007-3999
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-3999 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3999
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1 No score

krb5-1.19.2-2.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the krb5-1.19.2-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11002-1 No score

libtirpc-devel-1.3.2-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libtirpc-devel-1.3.2-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11002-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5
Debian:12
 before 1.6.dfsg.1-7
1.6.dfsg.1-7
krb5
Debian:13
 before 1.6.dfsg.1-7
1.6.dfsg.1-7
krb5
Debian:14
 before 1.6.dfsg.1-7
1.6.dfsg.1-7
krb5
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.4.4-7etch4, plus listed versions
1.4.4-7etch11.4.4-7etch21.4.4-7etch3
1.4.4-7etch4
librpcsecgss
Debian:4.0
 before 0.14-2etch1, plus listed versions
0.14-2
0.14-2etch1
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
Show 30 moreShow less
Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
krb5-workstation
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.5-29
0:1.5-29
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.6-8.z1
0:1.0.6-8.z1
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
nfs-utils-lib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
0:1.0.8-7.2.z2
krb5
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 1.19.2-2.2
1.19.2-2.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
affected, aliases, facts, published, references, titleGitHub Advisories, OSV
first indexedCVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-3999 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mit Kerberos 5, published September 4, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in krb5 1.6.dfsg.1-7.

References

Show 97 moreShow less
Pages All vulnerabilities Browse Docs Sources Guide Get API key
MoveEnter Open