CVE-2004-0434

Published: Jul 7, 2004Modified: Apr 16, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Heimdal Project: Heimdal · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Heimdal Project Heimdal	Before 0.6.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 3.0

Related CWEs

CWE-131

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

References (12)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc (unsafe URL)