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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1689 · published 18 July 2005

CVE-2005-1689: Mit kerberos 5 double free vulnerability

Mit · Kerberos 5

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 11% · top 4.2% CWE-415 · Double free
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
54References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2 Mailing ListPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22090 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757 Mailing ListPatch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-11.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/623332 PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446940/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14239 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0036 Broken Link
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1066 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3776 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21055 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9819 Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/224-1/ Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc Broken Link
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000993 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112119974704542&w=2 Mailing ListPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22090 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014461 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101810-1 Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-003-recvauth.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-757 Mailing ListPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1689), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.