Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0062
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.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.6.3
- (no CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
48- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvdBroken Link
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing List
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing List
- marc.infonvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/29420nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29423nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29424nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29428nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29435nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29438nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29450nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29451nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29457nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29462nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29464nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29516nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/29663nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/30535nvdBroken Link
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.htmlnvdBroken Link
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.htmlnvdBroken Link
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112nvdBroken Link
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112nvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/referencesnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/referencesnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496nvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.htmlnvdMailing List
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.htmlnvdMailing List
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