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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1689

Original release date:07/18/2005
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#623332
Name: VU#623332
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200507-11
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-757
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757
External Source: XF
Name: kerberos-kdc-krb5recvauth-execute-code(21055)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/21055
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3776
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3776
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-1066
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-224-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-224-1
External Source: TURBO
Name: TLSA-2005-78
Hyperlink:http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2005-0036
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036
External Source: BID
Name: 14239
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02152
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02152
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:567
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:562
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2005:017
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt
Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 101810
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1014461
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22090
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22090
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17899
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17135
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 16041
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/16041
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9819
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9819
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050712 MITKRB5-SA-2005-003: double-free in krb5_recvauth
Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-15
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-08-17
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2005:993
Hyperlink:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993
External Source: SGI
Name: 20050703-01-U
Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9819
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9819

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.3.6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos:5-1.4.1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1689