CVE-2001-1323
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.05% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- mit/kerberos 5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.