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CVE-2008-0063
The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error…
High7.5EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, aka "Uninitialized stack values."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (46)
- ADV-2008-1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 29464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- krb5-kdc-kerberos4-info-disclosure(41277) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29450 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29435 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 30535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080604 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 issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 29423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-587-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0076 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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