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
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a\u0026anuncio=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\u0026m=112119974704542\u0026w=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
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3776
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21055
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9819
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/224-1/
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a\u0026anuncio=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\u0026m=112119974704542\u0026w=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
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3776
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21055
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9819
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/224-1/