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 score | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Mit kerberos 5Apple mac os xApple mac os x serverDebian debian linux
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References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22090
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.