01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 10.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-03-19 10:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-01-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5349d2288170203f7fff53f47908e71ac37c5b527e84660a6c5101f269e54d30

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

mitkerberos_5Not specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatrhel_eusNot specified—

06 References

www.vupen.comADV-2008-1744http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com29457http://secunia.com/advisories/29457third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:069http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com29464http://secunia.com/advisories/29464third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-31http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2637https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:071http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112x_refsource_CONFIRM
support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
marc.infoSSRT100495http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
secunia.com29451http://secunia.com/advisories/29451third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29663http://secunia.com/advisories/29663third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2647https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com29438http://secunia.com/advisories/29438third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0164http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0922http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com29450http://secunia.com/advisories/29450third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29435http://secunia.com/advisories/29435third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkrb5-kdc-code-execution(41275)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securitytracker.com1019626http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com29428http://secunia.com/advisories/29428third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.debian.orgDSA-1524http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
secunia.com30535http://secunia.com/advisories/30535third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0182http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0180http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:016http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com29516http://secunia.com/advisories/29516third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29462http://secunia.com/advisories/29462third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com29424http://secunia.com/advisories/29424third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0181http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
secunia.com29423http://secunia.com/advisories/29423third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-587-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.vupen.comADV-2008-1102http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com28303http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdchttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.kb.cert.orgVU#895609http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN

01 Record index

CVE-2008-0062

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2008-0062

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References