Critical severity · published Jul 7, 2004
CVE-2004-0434
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…
9.8
CVSS
7.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.2% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.0 · source: NVD
HE
Heimdal · Heimdal Project
before 0.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0434
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0434
Broken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
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