# CVE-2003-0072: The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote, authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2003-03-26 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote, authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) on KDCs within the same realm using a certain protocol request that causes an out-of-bounds read of an array (aka "array overrun").

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316960/30/25250/threaded
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-005-buf.txt
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-051.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7184
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-266
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-54042-1

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