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CVE-2008-0063

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Mar 19, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0063
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/908.html

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.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Kerberos_5Mit*1.6.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatkrb5-0:1.2.2-48*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkrb5-0:1.2.7-68*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamRedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-49.el4_5.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkrb5-0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1*
Krb5Ubuntudapper*
Krb5Ubuntudevel*
Krb5Ubuntuedgy*
Krb5Ubuntufeisty*
Krb5Ubuntugutsy*
Krb5Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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