CVE-2008-5690

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+98)
Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33042
http://secunia.com/advisories/33313
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-112908-33-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244866-1
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47291
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5792
http://secunia.com/advisories/33042
http://secunia.com/advisories/33313

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