CVE-2008-5690
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The Kerberos credential renewal feature in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris build snv_01 through snv_104, allows local users to cause a denial of service (authentication failure) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect cache file permissions, and lack of credential storage by the store_cred function in pam_krb5.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5661)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5661 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33042(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33313(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-112908-33-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244866-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-515.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32793
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021390
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3428(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47291
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5792
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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