CVE-2008-0063
HIGHMIT Kerberos 5 - Information Disclosure via Uninitialized Buffer in KDC Error Message
Title source: llmDescription
The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, aka "Uninitialized stack values."
References (46)
Core 46
Core References
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41277
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory 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
Patch, Third Party Advisory 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, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019627
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory 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, Vendor Advisory 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, Vendor Advisory 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
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory 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, Vendor Advisory 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 vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8916
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, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory 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, Vendor Advisory 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, Vendor Advisory 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
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0490
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-908
Status
published
Products (17)
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x_server
< 10.4.11
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
... and 7 more
Published
Mar 19, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026