CVE-2008-0947

MIT Kerberos 5 1.4-1.6.3 - Remote Code Execution via RPC Library File Descriptor Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC library used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

References (37)

Core 37
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10984
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41273

Scores

EPSS 0.4510
EPSS Percentile 97.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (13)
mit/kerberos_5 1.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.4.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.4.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.4.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.4.4
mit/kerberos_5 1.5
mit/kerberos_5 1.5.1
mit/kerberos_5 1.5.2
mit/kerberos_5 1.5.3
mit/kerberos_5 1.6
... and 3 more
Published Mar 19, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026