First published: Mon May 13 2013(Updated: )
A flaw in certain programs that handle UDP traffic was discovered and assigned the name <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-1999-0103">CVE-1999-0103</a> (that CVE specifically mentions echo and chargen as vulnerable). In 2002, a Nessus plugin was included [1] that reference this CVE name, but was for the kpasswd service. Until recently, this issue had not been reported upstream. This issue has since been reported upstream [2] and is now fixed [3]. If a malicious remote user were to spoof their IP address to that of another server running kadmind with the password change port (kpasswd, port 464), or to the target server's IP address itself), kpasswd will pass UDP packets to the spoofed address and reply each time. This can be used to consume bandwidth and CPU on the affected servers running kadmind. This should be fixed in the for krb5-1.11.3 release. [1] <a href="http://marc.info/?l=nessus&m=102418951803893&w=2">http://marc.info/?l=nessus&m=102418951803893&w=2</a> [2] <a href="http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7637">http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7637</a> [3] <a href="https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/cf1a0c411b2668c57c41e9c4efd15ba17b6b322c">https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/cf1a0c411b2668c57c41e9c4efd15ba17b6b322c</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Kerberos | <1.11.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =12.3 | |
SUSE Linux | =11.4 | |
SUSE Linux | =12.2 | |
Fedora | =17 | |
Fedora | =18 | |
Fedora | =19 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.4 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =5.9 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS | =6.4 | |
Debian | =8.0 | |
Debian | =7.0 | |
Debian | =6.0 | |
Ubuntu | =15.10 | |
Ubuntu | =15.04 | |
Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu | =12.04 |
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CVE-2002-2443 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability that affects various implementations of UDP traffic handling.
To fix CVE-2002-2443, ensure that you update your vulnerable software packages to the latest versions that contain the security fixes.
CVE-2002-2443 affects several software, including MIT Kerberos 5, various versions of openSUSE, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Debian.
Yes, CVE-2002-2443 can be exploited remotely due to its impact on how UDP traffic is handled by affected software.
Exploitation of CVE-2002-2443 may lead to denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to perform arbitrary code execution.