CVE-2004-0434 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Project Heimdal

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
22.4%
top 4.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Heimdal Project HeimdalDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 7
Latest updateMay 3

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianheimdal_project/heimdal< 0.6.2-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 3.0

Patches

Patch: www.debian.org ↗Patch: www.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7p2h-6h3x-44v5: k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing l↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2004-0434: k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing l↗2004-07-07
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CVEList
CVE-2004-0434: k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing l↗2004-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2004-0434: heimdal - k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...↗2004
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