Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0948
CVE-2008-0948
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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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
25- secunia.com/advisories/29428nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29423nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29424nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29663nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30535nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3752nvd
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.htmlnvd
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.htmlnvd
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txtnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41274nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9209nvd
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