CVE-2008-0948

N/A Unknown
Published: March 19, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC library (lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c) used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2, and probably other versions before 1.3, when running on systems whose unistd.h does not define the FD_SETSIZE macro, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41274
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9209
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41274
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9209
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.3%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

mit

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