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CVE-2008-0063

HIGHEPSS 88th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

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."

How to fix

Remediation Available
krb5Debian
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4CVE-2008-0063
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4CVE-2008-0063
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4CVE-2008-0063
Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4CVE-2008-0063

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days
88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

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