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CVE-2004-0642

critical

Description

Double free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17157

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795632

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4936

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10709

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0641

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html

http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11078

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-09-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08257