CVE-2008-0062

high-risk
Published 2008-03-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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16.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 84% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Mit Debian Fedoraproject Canonical

References (96)

Broken Link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
Mailing List http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
Broken Link http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520....
Broken Link http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542....
and 76 more references
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate