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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,....

HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 15.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kth kerberos 4 < 1.2.1 1.2.1
kth kerberos 5 < 0.5.1 0.5.1
mit kerberos 5 >= 1.0, <= 1.2.6 No fix listed
debian linux = 3.0 No fix listed
debian/heimdal(Debian:12) < 0.4e-22 0.4e-22
debian/heimdal(Debian:13) < 0.4e-22 0.4e-22
debian/heimdal(Debian:14) < 0.4e-22 0.4e-22
debian/krb5(Debian:12) < 1.2.6-2 1.2.6-2
debian/krb5(Debian:13) < 1.2.6-2 1.2.6-2
debian/krb5(Debian:14) < 1.2.6-2 1.2.6-2

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