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CVE-2005-1689
CRITICAL
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain error conditions.
Published: Jul 18, 2005
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-415
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (5)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| mit | kerberos_5 | * |
| apple | mac_os_x | * < 10.4.2 |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | * < 10.4.2 |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-8mfg-j523-2x92
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and...
References (54)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc Broken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993 Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html Mailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2 Mailing List, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16041 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17899 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22090 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1 Broken Link
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332 Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
11.01%
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
42.5 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub