CVE-2005-1689 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1689?

CVE-2005-1689 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1689?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Debian Debian Linux, Mit Kerberos 5.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1689?

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-2005-1689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1689, GHSA-8mfg-j523-2x92.