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CVE-2002-1235

Published: Oct 25, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
15.1%
Top 3.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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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

kth
oss-project·SEaka kth kerberos, kth kerberos 4, heimdal
kth kerberos 4Mixed
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
kth kerberos 5Mixed
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
mit
oss-project·USaka mit krb5, mit kerberos
kerberos 5On-prem
Operating Systems
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc
ftp.netbsd.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534
distro.conectiva.com.br
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