Buffer overflow in Mit Kerberos 5
CVE-2004-1189
The add_to_history function in svr_principal.c in libkadm5srv for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.3.5, when performing a password change, does not properly track the password policy's history count and the maximum number of keys, which can cause an array index out-of-bounds error and may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (54.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11911 (Broken Link, signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18621 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0069 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-045.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)