CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-1189
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
The add_to_history function in svr_principal.c in libkadm5srv for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.3.5, when performing a password change, does not properly track the password policy's history count and the maximum number of keys, which can cause an array index out-of-bounds error and may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• mit kerberos 5 (<= 1.3.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000917 Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358420909358&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110548298407590&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:156 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-045.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0069 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11911 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000917 Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358420909358&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110548298407590&w=2 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:156 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-045.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0069 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18621 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11911 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory