CVE-2008-0063
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC
11 products affected across 7 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.4.1110.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.2
Affected range stops below 10.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.4.1110.5.0 ≤ v < 10.5.2
Affected range stops below 10.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
v ≤ 1.6.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (46)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908
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