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CVE-2008-0062

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attacker

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.16257

Schedule remediation

EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-665Improper Initialization

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Affected Products & Versions

4

mit kerberos 5<= 1.6.3
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD19 Mar 2008 · 10:44 AM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

6

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10899-1
usnUSN-587-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0164Critical
rhsaRHSA-2008:0182Critical
rhsaRHSA-2008:0181Critical
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2008:0180Critical

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References & Sources

48

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlMailing List

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2Mailing List

http://secunia.com/advisories/29420Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29423Broken Link

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http://secunia.com/advisories/29424Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29435Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29438Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29450Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29451Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29457Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29462Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29464Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29516Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/29663Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/30535Broken Link

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.htmlBroken Link

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.htmlBroken Link

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txtThird Party Advisory

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112Broken Link

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.htmlBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/referencesBroken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesBroken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/referencesBroken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744Broken Link

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496Broken Link

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.htmlMailing List

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.htmlMailing List

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