8.3
HIGH
CVE-2007-2443
MIT Kerberos 5 Integer Signedness Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Integer signedness error in the gssrpc__svcauth_unix function in svc_auth_unix.c in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.

INFO

Published Date :

June 26, 2007, 10:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 2, 2021, 6:28 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

6.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-2443 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Mit kerberos_5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-2443.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/36597 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313 Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24657 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35085 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-2443 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-2443 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc No Types Assigned ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 No Types Assigned http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 No Types Assigned http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html No Types Assigned http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/36597 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/36597 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25800 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25801 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25814 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25821 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25870 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25888 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25890 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/25911 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26033 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26228 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/40346 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt No Types Assigned http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313 Patch, US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/365313 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24657 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24657 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ No Types Assigned http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch, US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35085 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35085 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html No Types Assigned https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/773/3248163_f.SAL_Public.html Broken Link
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5-1.6.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7131 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11277 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7131 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11277 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35085 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35085 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2443 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2443 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.51 }} -0.26%

score

0.99571

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability