CVE-2005-1689

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 55.20% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory turbolinux.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 Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mit.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded broken link vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21055 vdb entry third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3776 vdb entry broken link
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/224-1/ vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22090 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757 mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332 us government resource third party advisory patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9819 vdb entry signature broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2 mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036 vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1689?
CVE-2005-1689 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1689?
To fix CVE-2005-1689, 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-2005-1689 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-1689 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~55% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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