Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0139
CVE-2003-0139
Description
Certain weaknesses in the implementation of version 4 of the Kerberos protocol (krb4) in the krb5 distribution, when triple-DES keys are used to key krb4 services, allow an attacker to create krb4 tickets for unauthorized principals using a cut-and-paste attack and "ticket splicing."
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.2.8?
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-004-krb4.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/442569nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-273nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-091.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/317130/30/25250/threadednvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A250nvd
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