CVE-2008-0062

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.27% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464 third party advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071 vendor advisory broken link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 broken link
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2 mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663 third party advisory broken link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29438 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html vendor advisory broken link
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424 third party advisory broken link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761 mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0062?
CVE-2008-0062 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0062?
To fix CVE-2008-0062, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0062 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0062 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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