CVE-2005-1174

Description

MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3 through 1.4.1 Key Distribution Center (KDC) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain valid TCP connection that causes a free of unallocated memory.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 40.92% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory turbolinux.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20364	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21327	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259798	us government resource third party advisory patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112122123211974&w=2	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014460	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2074	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A397	vdb entry signature
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101809-1	vendor advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/2005-002-patch_1.4.1.txt	patch
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt	vendor advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY85474	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14240	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041	third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/224-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10229	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066	vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1174?: CVE-2005-1174 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1174?: To fix CVE-2005-1174, 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-2005-1174 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1174 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~41% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.