CVE-2001-1323 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow in MIT Kerberos 5's base-64 encoding handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1323?
CVE-2001-1323 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 3 May 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via base-64 encoded data, which is not properly handled when the radix_encode function processes file glob output from the ftpglob function.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1323?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1323?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1323 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2001-1323 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1323 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwm9-wqpm-mx67.