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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0062 · published 19 March 2008

CVE-2008-0062: Mit kerberos 5 vulnerability

Mit · Kerberos 5

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-665 · CWE-665
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
96References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Broken Link
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 Mailing List
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.html Broken Link
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html Broken Link
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0062), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.