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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-022-01Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98826223517788&w=2Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ftpbuf.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-060.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-022-01Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98826223517788&w=2Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/ftpbuf.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-060.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 16, 2001
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified