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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0062

Original release date:03/19/2008
Last revised:09/07/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#895609
Name: VU#895609
Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt
External Source: XF
Name: krb5-kdc-code-execution(41275)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41275
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1744
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1102
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0922
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdc
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100495
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBOV02682
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2647
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-2637
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-587-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019626
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626
External Source: BID
Name: 28303
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 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
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0182
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0181
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0180
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0164
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:071
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:070
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:069
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-31
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1524
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30535
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29663
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29516
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29464
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29462
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29457
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29451
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29450
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29438
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29435
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29428
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29424
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29423
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:016
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11
spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2
spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11
spacerspacerline trunkNav control imagecpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2
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spacerspacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.3_kdc and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0062