Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5
CVE-2008-0062
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 poi…
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mit Kerberos_5
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 7, 8
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0062?
- CVE-2008-0062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2008-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2008-0062?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2008-0062 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.