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.
Published: 2002-10-25
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 32.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian Debian Linux
Kth Kth Kerberos 4 Kth Kerberos 5
Mit Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:19:28.716Z

Reserved: 2002-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1235

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Status : Modified

Published: 2002-11-04T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1235

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Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2002-10-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-1235 - Bugzilla

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