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CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2005-1689

CVE-2005-1689

CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Summary

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 3.1 breakdown

Base score9.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vectorNETWORK
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredNONE
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Mit kerberos 5Apple mac os xApple mac os x serverDebian debian linux
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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