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CVE-2004-0644
The asn1buf_skiptail function in the ASN.1 decoder library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.6%
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- mitre
Description
The asn1buf_skiptail function in the ASN.1 decoder library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain BER encoding.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- CLA-2004:860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- kerberos-asn1-library-dos(17160) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11079 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#550464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 2004-0045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- DSA-543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- TA04-247A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- GLSA-200409-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20040913 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.039] OpenPKG Security Advisory (kerberos) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-003-asn1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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