CVE-2008-0062

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0062
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-19 10:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionKDC 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-665 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 7 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 8 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Kerberos KDC Double-Free Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service, Obtain Information, or Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Kerberos Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
novell-kerberos 20080331 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: krb5-1.6.2-14.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
USN-587-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
novell-kerberos 20080331 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Broken Link
Fedora update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
About Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com Broken Link
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
SUSE update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
MIT Kerberos 5 KDC Multiple Memory Corruption Based Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Support | Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Mandriva update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 Security Update 2008-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1524-1 krb5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2008-0009.2 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: krb5 (SUSE-SA:2008:016) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Novell Kerberos KDC Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rPath update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: krb5-1.6.1-9.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support | Red Hat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV02682 SSRT100495 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS running Kerberos, Remote Denial of Ser' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#895609 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Gentoo update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
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