CVE-2008-0062

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    CVE-2008-0062

    Published: 19 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609, 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.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?1019626, 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/41275, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2, 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://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html, http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609, 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?1019626, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496

    Affected packages

    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