CVE-2004-0434

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2	Mailing List
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504	Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2	Mailing List
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504	Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2004-07-07 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2004-0434

Mitre link : CVE-2004-0434

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-0434

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

heimdal_project

heimdal

CWE

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

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