Explain CVE-2002-1235
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 Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '20021026 Updated: MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103564944215101&w=2'}, {'name': 'NetBSD-SA2002-026', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_NETBSD'], 'url': 'ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2002:073', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRAKE'], 'url': 'http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-073.php'}, {'name': '20021027 Re: Buffer overflow in kadmind4', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582805330339&w=2'}, {'name': '20021023 MITKRB5-SA-2002-002: Buffer overflow in kadmind4', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103539530729206&w=2'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt'}, {'name': 'DSA-185', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-185'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt'}, {'name': '20021028 GLSA: krb5', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103582517126392&w=2'}, {'name': 'DSA-183', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-183'}, {'name': 'kerberos-kadmind-bo(10430)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10430.php'}, {'name': 'CLA-2002:534', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_CONECTIVA'], 'url': 'http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534'}, {'name': 'CA-2002-29', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-184', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-184'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/'}, {'name': 'VU#875073', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/875073'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2002:242', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-242.html'}, {'name': '20021027 KRB5-SORCERER2002-10-27 Security Update', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0399.html'}, {'name': '6024', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6024'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED