CVE-2008-0947
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-19 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c087f166b648fbaab93f12428c93fcfc9cfd246c4f690c5c3ae6909d249900b7
05 Affected products
06 References
- securityreason.com3752http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
- www.us-cert.govTA08-079Bhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
- secunia.com29457http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:069http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
- www.securityfocus.com20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-002: array overrun in RPC library used by kadmin (resend, corrected subject)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com29464http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
- www.securityfocus.com28302http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2637https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
- marc.infoSSRT100495http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
- secunia.com29451http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
- secunia.com29663http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2647https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
- secunia.com29438http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0164http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0922http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
- secunia.com29435http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10984https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10984
- www.securityfocus.com20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com29428http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
- www.debian.orgDSA-1524http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
- www.securityfocus.com20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdchttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:016http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
- secunia.com29516http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
- web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
- secunia.com29462http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
- secunia.com29424http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
- www.securitytracker.com1019631http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-587-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1102http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-31http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#374121http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkrb5-rpclibrary-bo(41273)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41273
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- krb5 Fixed in 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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