CVE-2005-1689
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxMac OS X Server
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain error conditions.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.4.2
Affected range stops below 10.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.4.2
Affected range stops below 10.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 1.4.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2
References (27)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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