CVE-2002-1235 Affecting krb5 package, versions <1.2.6-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
29.36% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-KRB5-396019
  • published4 Nov 2002
  • disclosed4 Nov 2002

Introduced: 4 Nov 2002

CVE-2002-1235  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 krb5 to version 1.2.6-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream krb5 package and not the krb5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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