CVE-2005-1689

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, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

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/