Double Free Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006813
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Sep 2004

CVE-2004-0643  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. Double free vulnerability in the krb5_rd_cred function for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.1 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code.

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