Denial of Service Vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 by MIT
CVE-2008-0062

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Mit

Status
Kerberos 5
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 March 2008

What is CVE-2008-0062?

The KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) introduces a vulnerability by failing to set a global variable for certain krb4 message types. This oversight can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, potentially causing the service to crash. Additionally, crafted messages may lead to scenarios that allow for arbitrary code execution through a NULL pointer dereference or a double-free condition, posing significant security risks to systems utilizing this software.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-20...
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EPSS Score

16% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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