CVE-2003-0059 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can impersonate users across realms with shared keys, enabling unauthorized access and privilege escalation in MIT Kerberos environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2003-0059?
CVE-2003-0059 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 1 Sep 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the chk_trans.c of the libkrb5 library for MIT Kerberos V5 before 1.2.5 allows users from one realm to impersonate users in other realms that have the same inter-realm keys.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0059?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mit Kerberos 5.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0059?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2003-0059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0059, GHSA-p9j8-4q5m-jqv4.