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CVE-2008-0063 Detail

Current Description

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."

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/19/2008
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt Patch
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019627
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41277
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8916
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8916
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8916

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0063
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/15/2018