CVE-2004-0434 (GCVE-0-2004-0434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
Date Public
2004-05-06 00:00
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