CVE-2004-0434

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0434
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionk5admind (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-131 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Full-Disclosure] Advisory: Heimdal kadmind version4 remote heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Heimdal: Kerberos 4 buffer overflow in kadmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-504-1 heimdal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory
'Advisory: Heimdal kadmind version4 remote heap overflow' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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