CVE-2003-0072

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    CVE-2003-0072

    Published: 2 Apr 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote, authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) on KDCs within the same realm using a certain protocol request that causes an out-of-bounds read of an array (aka "array overrun").

    References: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-005-buf.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-005-buf.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-54042-1, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7184

    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