CVE-2008-0062

CRITICAL

MIT Kerberos 5 < 1.6.3 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Crafted KRB4 Messages

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (48)

Core 48

Core References

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29457

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29464

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

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

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

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

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

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

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29451

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29663

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

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

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29438

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Broken Link vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

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

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29450

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29435

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29428

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30535

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

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

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

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

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29516

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29462

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29424

Broken Link x_refsource_confirm

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

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

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

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29423

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt

Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.1626

EPSS Percentile 94.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-665

Status published

Products (9)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06

canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10

debian/debian_linux 3.1

debian/debian_linux 4.0

fedoraproject/fedora 7

fedoraproject/fedora 8

mit/kerberos_5 < 1.6.3

Published Mar 19, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026