Description
The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote, authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) on KDCs within the same realm using a certain protocol request that causes the KDC to corrupt its heap (aka "buffer underrun").
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-54042-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-005-buf.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-091.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A244
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2536
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4430
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-54042-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-005-buf.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-091.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A244
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2536
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4430
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 2, 2003
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified