CVE-2002-2443 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-2443

schpw.c in the kpasswd service in kadmind in MIT Kerberos...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

kerberos 5, opensuse, fedora, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux workstation, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 11.4, 12.2, 12.3, 17, 18, 19, 5.0, 6.0, 5.9, 6.4, 7.0, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10

Timeline

Official Publish: May 29th, 2013
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.