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TI-2004-00472 Aliases CVE-2004-0523GHSA-gmh3-2x3j-5mm2

Multiple buffer overflows in krb5_aname_to_localname for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.3 and…

Priority MEDIUM 56Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in krb5_aname_to_localname for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.3.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11665 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 31

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.8Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.2.2.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2.beta1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.6Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 beta1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2 beta2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.8 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.2.2.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2.beta1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 beta1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2 beta2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
Show 21 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.2Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.4Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.5Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.6Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.7Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3 alpha1Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.3Vulnerablemoos-ivp
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:tinysofa:tinysofa_enterprise_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableTinysofa
cpe:2.3:a:tinysofa:tinysofa_enterprise_server:1.0_u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0_u1VulnerableTinysofa
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.2 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.4 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.5 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.6 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.7 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 alpha1 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.3 Vulnerable ·moos-ivp
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:seam:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:tinysofa:tinysofa_enterprise_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Tinysofa
  • cpe:2.3:a:tinysofa:tinysofa_enterprise_server:1.0_u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0_u1 Vulnerable ·Tinysofa
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8 Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2004:236 Released 2004-06-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    krb5 security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 krb5-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24.i386 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 krb5-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24.i386 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 krb5-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24.i386 +10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 krb5-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24, krb5-devel-1.2.7-24.i386 +10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:236
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:236
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:236
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:236

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0523
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmh3-2x3j-5mm2

References

Patch 1

Advisory 8

Other 6

Sources

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