CVE-2004-0642

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    CVE-2004-0642

    Published: 28 Sept 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerabilities in the error handling code for ASN.1 decoders in the (1) Key Distribution Center (KDC) library and (2) client library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.4 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

    References: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.html, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795632, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11078, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17157, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10709, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4936, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xml, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2, http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795632, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11078, http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10709, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4936

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High