Unscored severity · published Nov 4, 2002
CVE-2002-1235
The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4…
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CVSS
15.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and earlier, (2) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 4 (eBones) before 1.2.1, and (3) kadmind in KTH Kerberos 5 (Heimdal) before 0.5.1 when compiled with Kerberos 4 support, does not properly verify the length field of a request, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)15.1% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.0 · source: NVD
K5
Kerberos 5 · Mit
1.0 through 1.2.6 · source: NVD
KK
Kth Kerberos 4 · Kth
before 1.2.1 · source: NVD
KK
Kth Kerberos 5 · Kth
before 0.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1235
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1235
Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html
Third Party Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2
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