CVE-2005-1174 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Kerberos Key Distribution Center by triggering a use-after-free error via a valid TCP connection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1174?
CVE-2005-1174 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 16 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3 through 1.4.1 Key Distribution Center (KDC) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain valid TCP connection that causes a free of unallocated memory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1174?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1174?
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-2005-1174 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1174 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1174, GHSA-33qx-rqvh-638r.