CVE-2001-1323 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) versions 1.2.2 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted base-64 encoded data that is mishandled by the radix_encode function during file glob processing. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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