National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-1235

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

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CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2002-29

Name: CA-2002-29

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#875073

Name: VU#875073

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073

External Source: BID

Name: 6024

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-184

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20021023 MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2002:242

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/

Hyperlink:http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2002:073

Hyperlink:http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php

External Source: XF

Name: kerberos-kadmind-bo(10430)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.php

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-185

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-183

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt

Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20021027 Re: Buffer overflow in kadmind4

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103582805330339&w=2

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20021028 GLSA: krb5

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20021026 Updated: MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2

External Source: CONECTIVA

Name: CLA-2002:534

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

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20021027 KRB5-SORCERER2002-10-27 Security Update

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html

External Source: NETBSD

Name: NetBSD-SA2002-026

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc