CVE-2008-5690

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The Kerberos credential renewal feature in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris build snv_01 through snv_104, allows local users to cause a denial of service (authentication failure) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect cache file permissions, and lack of credential storage by the store_cred function in pam_krb5.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33042Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33313Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-112908-33-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244866-1Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-515.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32793
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021390
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3428Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47291
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5792
http://secunia.com/advisories/33042Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33313Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-112908-33-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244866-1Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-515.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32793
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021390
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3428Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47291
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5792

Timeline

Published: Dec 19, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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