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    CVE-2008-0063

    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."

    Published:Mar 18, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 19, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.04904
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X Server
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Mit
    Product
    Kerberos 5
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019627
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41277
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8916
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
    http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
    http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019627
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41277
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8916
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High