CVE-2004-1189

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The add_to_history function in svr_principal.c in libkadm5srv for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) up to 1.3.5, when performing a password change, does not properly track the password policy's history count and the maximum number of keys, which can cause an array index out-of-bounds error and may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

MIT Kerberos 5: through 1.3.5

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000917
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358420909358&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110548298407590&w=2
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-004-pwhist.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:156
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-012.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-045.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0069
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18621
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11911

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