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CVE-2002-1235 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc CVEThird Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kth kth kerberos 4
< 1.2.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kth:kth_kerberos_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
kth kth kerberos 5
< 0.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kth:kth_kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mit kerberos 5
>= 1.0, <= 1.2.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-1235
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-1235 Details - Not Deferred