CVE-2008-0947
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-0947 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-03-19 00:44:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mit | Kerberos 5 | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecurityReason - double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securityreason.com | |
| Red Hat update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Kerberos Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| novell-kerberos 20080331 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.novell.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: krb5-1.6.2-14.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| USN-587-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| novell-kerberos 20080331 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.novell.com | |
| Fedora update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Notes | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| SUSE update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Support | Red Hat | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Mandriva update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | web.mit.edu | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1524-1 krb5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: krb5 (SUSE-SA:2008:016) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Kerberos kadmind RPC Library Array Overrun May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Novell Kerberos KDC Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| MIT Kerberos5 kadmind Excessive File Descriptors Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rPath update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: krb5-1.6.1-9.fc7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-079B -- MIT Kerberos Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| '[security bulletin] HPSBOV02682 SSRT100495 rev.1 - HP OpenVMS running Kerberos, Remote Denial of Ser' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Gentoo update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Ubuntu update for krb5 - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
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| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.