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CVE-2002-1235

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2002-11-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxKth Kth Kerberos 4Mit Kerberos 5Kth Kth Kerberos 5

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References