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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29423Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29424Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29435Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29438Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29450Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29451Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29462Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29464Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29516Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29663Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535Broken Link
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.htmlBroken Link
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.htmlBroken Link
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112Broken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/referencesBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/referencesBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496Broken Link
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.htmlMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.htmlMailing List
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29423Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29424Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29435Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29438Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29450Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29451Broken Link
Timeline
- Published
- Mar 19, 2008
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified