CVE-2002-1235

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1235
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-11-04 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Application Kth Kth Kerberos 4 All All All All
Application Kth Kth Kerberos 5 All All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - KRB5-SORCERER2002-10-27 Security Update - From ask33_at_linuxmountain.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-183-1 krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
'Re: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-185-1 heimdal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Third Party Advisory
'Updated: MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Third Party Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#875073 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pdc.kth.se Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-184-1 krb4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
'GLSA: krb5' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
'MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: kerberos-kadmind-bo (10430): Kerberos 4 compatibility administration daemon (kadmind) buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Third Party Advisory
Multiple Vendor kadmind Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
CERT Advisory CA-2002-29 Buffer Overflow in Kerberos Administration Daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
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