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CVE-2002-1235

Published: Oct 25, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
15.1%
Top 3.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
kth kerberos 4kth
Mixed
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
kth kerberos 5kth
Mixed
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
kerberos 5mit
On-prem
Operating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
kthoss-projectSESecurity Productsaka kth kerberos, heimdal, kth kerberos 4
mitoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka mit krb5, mit kerberos
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-184/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1235
cve.mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2
marc.info
and 18 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 25, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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