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CVE-2005-1689 in the critical feed json

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbit…

published 2005-07-17 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1691

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.0%
EPSS 11.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_recvauth function in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain error conditions.

Patch / fix

  • apple mac_os_x 10.4.2
  • apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.2
  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.6-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1689

  • krb5 RHEL 3 1.2.7-47
  • krb5-libs RHEL 3 1.2.7-47
  • krb5-server RHEL 3 1.2.7-47
  • krb5-workstation RHEL 3 1.2.7-47
  • krb5 RHEL 4 1.3.4-17
  • krb5-libs RHEL 4 1.3.4-17
  • krb5-server RHEL 4 1.3.4-17
  • krb5-workstation RHEL 4 1.3.4-17

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:562RHSA-2005:567

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1689 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 krb5 1.2.7-47, krb5-libs 1.2.7-47, krb5-server 1.2.7-47, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-47 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 krb5 1.2.7-47, krb5-libs 1.2.7-47, krb5-server 1.2.7-47, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-47
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:562
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 krb5 1.3.4-17, krb5-libs 1.3.4-17, krb5-server 1.3.4-17, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-17 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 krb5 1.3.4-17, krb5-libs 1.3.4-17, krb5-server 1.3.4-17, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-17
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:567
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 krb5 1.2.7-47, krb5-libs 1.2.7-47, krb5-server 1.2.7-47, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-47
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:562
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 krb5 1.3.4-17, krb5-libs 1.3.4-17, krb5-server 1.3.4-17, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-17
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:567
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 krb5 1.2.7-47, krb5-libs 1.2.7-47, krb5-server 1.2.7-47, krb5-workstation 1.2.7-47
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:562
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 krb5 1.3.4-17, krb5-libs 1.3.4-17, krb5-server 1.3.4-17, krb5-workstation 1.3.4-17
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:567

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Exploit prediction

11.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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