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CVE-2008-0063

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/03/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.6.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.4.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.5.0 (including) 10.5.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.4.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.5.0 (including) 10.5.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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