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CVE-2008-0062

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (48)

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-665

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