High 7.5Published Mar 19, 2008

CVE-2008-0063The 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 sensiti…

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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."

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-908
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

mit kerberos_5 mit:kerberos_5	through 1.6.3	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.4.11; from 10.5.0 before 10.5.2	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	before 10.4.11; from 10.5.0 before 10.5.2	NVD
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse	10.2; 10.3	NVD
suse linux suse:linux	10.1	NVD
suse linux_enterprise_desktop suse:linux_enterprise_desktop	10	NVD
suse linux_enterprise_server suse:linux_enterprise_server	10	NVD
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	10	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	3.1; 4.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 6.10; 7.04; 7.10	NVD
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References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562	broken-link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html	mailing-list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html	mailing-list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29438	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450	broken-link, vendor-advisory
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