CVE-2001-1444

The Kerberos Telnet protocol, as implemented by KTH Kerberos IV and Kerberos V (Heimdal), does not encrypt authentication and encryption options sent from the server, which allows remote attackers to downgrade authentication and encryption mechanisms via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2001-08-27

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Kth Kerberos (Kth)

References

• http://josefsson.org/ktelnet/kerberos-telnet.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774587
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10640