CVE-2004-0643 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0643?

CVE-2004-0643 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_rd_cred function for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.1 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0643?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mit Kerberos 5, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0643?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2004-0643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0643, GHSA-2288-xjpv-v6jh.