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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 11.0%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.0% · top 4.1% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (26)
- 1014461 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBUX02152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200507-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:567 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- kerberos-kdc-krb5recvauth-execute-code(21055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 101810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- CLA-2005:993 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:562 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3776 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TLSA-2005-78 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- 14239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16041 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-224-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 22090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 17135 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#623332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050712 MITKRB5-SA-2005-003: double-free in krb5_recvauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1066 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-08-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 2005-0036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_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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