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title: "CVE-2007-0957\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-0957

Publication date 6 April 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| krb5 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.4.4-5ubuntu3.3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.4.3-9ubuntu1.5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.4.3-5ubuntu0.6 |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0957)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0957)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-0957)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0957)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-449-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-449-1)
+ krb5 vulnerabilities
+ 4 April 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0957>