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CVE-2002-1235

Published: Nov 04, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1235
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Kth_kerberos_4Kth*1.2.1 (excluding)
Kth_kerberos_5Kth*0.5.1 (excluding)
Kerberos_5Mit1.0 (including)1.2.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 6.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*

References

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