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CVE-2008-0062

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.

Published

2008-03-19T10:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-665
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mit kerberos_5 ≤ 1.6.3 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 3.1 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 4.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 7.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 7.10 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 7 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 8 Yes
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