CVE-2002-1235

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1235
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-11-04 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-21 16:47:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-183-1 krb5 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt CONFIRM web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-184-1 krb4 DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
'Re: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CERT Advisory CA-2002-29 Buffer Overflow in Kerberos Administration Daemon CERT www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
ISS X-Force Database: kerberos-kadmind-bo (10430): Kerberos 4 compatibility administration daemon (kadmind) buffer overflow XF www.iss.net Third Party Advisory
www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal CONFIRM www.pdc.kth.se Third Party Advisory
'Updated: MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MDKSA-2002:073 MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com Third Party Advisory
'GLSA: krb5' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
NetBSD-SA2002-026 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org Third Party Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - KRB5-SORCERER2002-10-27 Security Update - From ask33_at_linuxmountain.org BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br Third Party Advisory
Multiple Vendor kadmind Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-185-1 heimdal DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt CONFIRM web.mit.edu Vendor Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#875073 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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