KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.1% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (48)

• ADV-2008-1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 29457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 29464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200803-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SSRT100495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 29451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9496 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 29450 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29435 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• krb5-kdc-code-execution(41275) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1019626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 29428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 30535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 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 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 29516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 29423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-587-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• VU#895609 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:32 UTC.