CVE-2002-1235
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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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-026.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000534
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/2002-002-kadm4_attacksig.txt
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2002-002-kadm4.txt
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-29.html
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