CVE-2002-0036

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer signedness error in MIT Kerberos V5 ASN.1 decoder before krb5 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large unsigned data element length, which is later used as a negative value.

Affected products

MIT Kerberos 5: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000639
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-001-multiple.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/587579
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:043
http://www.osvdb.org/4896
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-2003-168.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6713
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11190
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000639
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-001-multiple.txt

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