CVE-2004-0434 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2004-05-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 22.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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.

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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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Heimdal Project Heimdal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-12T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2004-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0434

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0434

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-131

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