VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-2443

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability6.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-05-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references