PT-2000-1481 · Mit · Kerberos 4

Published 2000-06-09 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2000-0546

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kerberos 4 (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Kerberos 4 KDC program, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This is achieved via the lastrealm variable in the set tgtkey function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0546

Affected Products

Kerberos 4

References · 7

• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/krb4kdc.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2000-0546 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0546 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1338 · Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-11.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0064.html · Note
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/k-051.shtml · Note