Vulnerability in Kth Kerberos 4
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 (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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.151 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.151 · newest: 0.151 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Kth Kerberos 4
- Kth Kerberos 5
- Mit Kerberos 5
- Debian Linux — versions 3.0
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.php (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)