Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1235
CVE-2002-1235
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.
Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
19- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.ascnvdThird Party Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvdThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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