CVE-2005-1175

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain valid TCP or UDP request.

Affected products

MIT Kerberos 5: 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5 (+3)

References

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=112122123211974&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16041
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
http://secunia.com/advisories/20364
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014460
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101809-1
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-002-kdc.txt
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY85474

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