Published: 19/03/2008 Updated: 09/02/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 828

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

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debian debian linux 3.1
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canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
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canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
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fedoraproject fedora 7

It was discovered that krb5 did not correctly handle certain krb4 requests An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted traffic, which could expose sensitive information, cause a crash, or execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0062, CVE-2008-0063) ...

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the kdc component of the krb5, a system for authenticating users and services on a network The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-0062 An unauthenticated remote attacker may cause a krb4-enabled KDC to crash, expose information, or execute ...

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