Critical severity · published Oct 20, 2004
CVE-2004-0772
Double free vulnerabilities in error handling code in krb524d for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.8 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
9.8
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerabilities in error handling code in krb524d for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.8 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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)7.0% · 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
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
through 1.2.8 · source: NVD
OP
Openpkg · Openpkg
2.0; 2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0772
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0772
Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2
Patch
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt
Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543
Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350792
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