Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0644
CVE-2004-0644
Description
The asn1buf_skiptail function in the ASN.1 decoder library for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain BER encoding.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.2.2 - 1.3.4
Patches
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References
13- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-09.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0045/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/550464nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-247A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- marc.infonvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-350.htmlnvd
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-003-asn1.txtnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-543nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11079nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17160nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10014nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2139nvd
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