CVE-2004-0434 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing length is less than 2, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22372.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
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Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.980Z

Reserved: 2004-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0434

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0434

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-131

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