Description
The Kerberos Telnet protocol, as implemented by KTH Kerberos IV and Kerberos V (Heimdal), does not encrypt authentication and encryption options sent from the server, which allows remote attackers to downgrade authentication and encryption mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Published: 2005-04-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1424 The Kerberos Telnet protocol, as implemented by KTH Kerberos IV and Kerberos V (Heimdal), does not encrypt authentication and encryption options sent from the server, which allows remote attackers to downgrade authentication and encryption mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.
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Kth Kth Kerberos
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.496Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1444

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Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1444

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