CVE-2008-0062
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 10.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 10.1% — above the 10% action threshold.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 10.14% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-665 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2008-03-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| mit | kerberos 5 |
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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
- 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
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