CVE-2005-1689
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 11% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 11% — above the 10% action threshold.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 11.01% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-415 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2005-07-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
| debian | debian linux |
| mit | kerberos 5 |
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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22090
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239
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