CVE-2002-2443
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.
- EPSS
- 6.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- mit:kerberos_5
- opensuse:opensuse
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
References
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7637
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105879.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105978.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106698.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00004.html