CVE-2008-0062

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2008-0062 · Published 19/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kerberos 5 mit	`≤ 1.6.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

docs.info.apple.com/article.html · Broken Link
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html · Mailing List
marc.info · Mailing List
secunia.com/advisories/29420 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29423 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29424 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29428 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29435 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29438 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29450 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29451 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29457 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29462 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29464 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29516 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/29663 · Broken Link
secunia.com/advisories/30535 · Broken Link
support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html · Broken Link
support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html · Broken Link
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt · Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 · Broken Link
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 · Broken Link
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524 · Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html · Broken Link
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html · Broken Link
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html · Broken Link
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761 · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/bid/28303 · Broken Link
securitytracker.com/id · Broken Link
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1 · Third Party Advisory
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references · Broken Link
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references · Broken Link
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references · Broken Link
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 · Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275 · Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496 · Broken Link
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html · Mailing List
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html · Mailing List

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