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CVE-2008-0062

Published: 19 March 2008

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
krb5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.4.3-5ubuntu0.7)
edgy
Released (1.4.3-9ubuntu1.6)
feisty
Released (1.4.4-5ubuntu3.4)
gutsy
Released (1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.1)
upstream Pending
(1.6.4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H