CVE-2002-1235

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The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb

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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.32917

Schedule remediation

EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

kth kerberos 4< 1.2.1
kth kerberos 5< 0.5.1
mit kerberos 5>= 1.0 and <= 1.2.6
debian linuxall versions

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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

et-openGPL EXPLOIT kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect

snort-communityINDICATOR-SHELLCODE kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect

Show all 12 detection rulessnort-communityINDICATOR-SHELLCODE kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect
snort-communityINDICATOR-SHELLCODE kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect
snort-communityINDICATOR-SHELLCODE kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect
snort-communityINDICATOR-SHELLCODE kadmind buffer overflow attemptshellcode-detect
snort-communitySERVER-OTHER successful kadmind buffer overflow attemptsuccessful-admin
snort-communitySERVER-OTHER successful kadmind buffer overflow attemptsuccessful-admin

Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD04 Nov 2002 · 05:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2003:168Critical
rhsaRHSA-2002:250Critical
rhsaRHSA-2002:242Critical

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.ascThird Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582805330339&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txtVendor Advisory

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txtVendor Advisory

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.htmlPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184PatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185Third Party Advisory

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.phpThird Party Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.phpThird Party Advisory

http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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