CVE-2004-0434
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxHeimdal
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.6.2
Affected range stops below 0.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.ascMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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