CVE-2008-0063

Published: 19 March 2008

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."

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
krb5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.4.3-5ubuntu0.7)
	edgy	Released (1.4.3-9ubuntu1.6)
	feisty	Released (1.4.4-5ubuntu3.4)
	gutsy	Released (1.6.dfsg.1-7ubuntu0.1)
	upstream	Pending (1.6.4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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