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CVE-2003-0139
Certain weaknesses in the implementation of version 4 of the Kerberos protocol (krb4) in the krb5 distribution, when triple-DES keys are…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Certain weaknesses in the implementation of version 4 of the Kerberos protocol (krb4) in the krb5 distribution, when triple-DES keys are used to key krb4 services, allow an attacker to create krb4 tickets for unauthorized principals using a cut-and-paste attack and "ticket splicing."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- RHSA-2003:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20030331 GLSA: krb5 & mit-krb5 (200303-28) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#442569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2003-004-krb4.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-273 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20030319 MITKRB5-SA-2003-004: Cryptographic weaknesses in Kerberos v4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-266 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20030330 GLSA: openafs (200303-26) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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