CVE-2004-0434
CRITICALHeimdal < 0.6.2 - Remote Code Execution via Kerberos 4 Compatibility Request
Title source: manualDescription
k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing length is less than 2, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0716
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-131
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
3.0
heimdal_project/heimdal
< 0.6.2
Published
Jul 07, 2004
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026