CVE-2002-1235 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1235?

CVE-2002-1235 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Oct 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1235?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Kth Kth Kerberos 4, Kth Kth Kerberos 5, Mit Kerberos 5.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1235?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-1235 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1235, DSA-183, DSA-184, DSA-185, GHSA-r4jv-xp6w-68qp.