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CVE-2005-1689

Double Free

Published: Jul 18, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1689
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kerberos_5 Mit * 1.4.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat krb5-0:1.2.7-47 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat krb5-0:1.3.4-17 *
Krb5 Ubuntu dapper *
Krb5 Ubuntu devel *
Krb5 Ubuntu edgy *
Krb5 Ubuntu feisty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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