CVE-2002-1235

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    CVE-2002-1235

    Published: 4 Nov 2002Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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, 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://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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