KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0062
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41275
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9496
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
• 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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29450
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
• 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
• 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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609
• 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?1019626
• 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
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744