Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-0063
The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, aka "Uninitialized stack values."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (89.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple Mac OS X Server
- Mit Kerberos 5
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 7, 8
- openSUSE — versions 10.2, 10.3
- SUSE Linux — versions 10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29457 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29464 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41277 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0063?
- CVE-2008-0063 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2008-0063?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.