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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, 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.

    Published:Oct 23, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 25, 2002
    EPSS Score:0.32917
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Kth
    Product
    Kth Kerberos 4
    Vendor
    Kth
    Product
    Kth Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582805330339&w=2
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt
    http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.php
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php
    http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024
    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582805330339&w=2
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt
    http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.php
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php
    http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High