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CVE-2008-0063

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0063 describes a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the Kerberos 4 support of MIT Kerberos 5 KDC, affecting products from Apple, Canonical, Debian, Fedora, MIT, openSUSE, and SUSE. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive data due to the improper clearing of unused buffer portions when generating error messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a low-complexity network attack with high confidentiality impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.5.0, < 10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.5.0, < 10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0348 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: krb5-0:1.2.2-48
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: krb5-0:1.2.7-68
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: krb5-0:1.3.4-54.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Z StreamFixed in: krb5-0:1.3.4-49.el4_5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: krb5-0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0063Moderate

krb5: possible leak of sensitive data from krb5kdc using krb4 request

Mar 18, 2008

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
Broken Link
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
Mailing List
secunia.com / advisories/29420
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29423
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29424
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29428
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29435
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29438
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29450
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29451
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29457
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29462
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29464
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29516
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29663
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30535
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41277
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8916
Broken Link
support.novell.com / docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
Broken Link
support.novell.com / docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
Mailing List
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
Mailing List
web.mit.edu / kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt
Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Broken Link
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1524
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
PatchThird Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
PatchThird Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
PatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489761
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/28303
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-587-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0922/references
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1102/references
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1744
Broken LinkVendor Advisory