Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
55.2%
top 1.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 18
Latest updateMay 3

Description

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.

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 Packages4 packages

Debianmit/krb5< 1.3.6-4+3
NVDmit/kerberos_51.4.1
NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.4.2
NVDapple/mac_os_x_server< 10.4.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 3.0, 3.1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-8mfg-j523-2x92: Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 12022-05-03
OSV
CVE-2005-1689: Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 12005-07-18
CVEList
CVE-2005-1689: Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 12005-07-17

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Kerberos vulnerabilities2005-12-06
Red Hat
security flaw2005-07-12
Debian
CVE-2005-1689: krb5 - Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5)...2005

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-1689 security flaw2018-08-16
CVE-2005-1689 — Double Free in MIT Kerberos 5 | cvebase