CVE-2004-0434

high-risk
Published 2004-07-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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22.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 78% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Heimdal

Affected Vendors

Heimdal Project Debian

References (12)

Broken Link ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
Broken Link http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
Third Party Advisory http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
Broken Link http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
Broken Link ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
Broken Link http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
Third Party Advisory http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
Broken Link http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low