CVE-2004-0642

Description

Double free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 24.23% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.net Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795632 third party advisory us government resource
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860 vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10709 broken link signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4936 broken link signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html broken link third party advisory us government resource
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11078 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17157 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0642?
CVE-2004-0642 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0642?
To fix CVE-2004-0642, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0642 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0642 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~24% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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