CVE-2004-0642

MIT Kerberos 5 <1.3.4 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Double free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

References (13)

[Broken Link] http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795632

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11078

[Broken Link] http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17157

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10709

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4936

Scores

EPSS 0.2580

EPSS Percentile 96.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

mit/kerberos_5 < 1.3.4

debian/debian_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation

Timeline

Published Sep 28, 2004

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026