CVE-2002-2443

krb5: UDP ping-pong flaw in kpasswd

Published May 29, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
schpw.c in the kpasswd service in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.11.3 does not properly validate UDP packets before sending responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged packet that triggers a communication loop, as demonstrated by krb_pingpong.nasl, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2701-1 krb5 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2810-1 Kerberos vulnerabilities
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