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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…
High10.0EPSS 8.8%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (37)
- 3752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- TA08-079B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 29457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-002: array overrun in RPC library used by kadmin (resend, corrected subject) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSRT100495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 29451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29663 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29438 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29435 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10984 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20080319 rPSA-2008-0112-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29428 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20080318 MITKRB5-SA-2008-001: double-free, uninitialized data vulnerabilities in krb5kdc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019631 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-587-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1102 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- VU#374121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- krb5-rpclibrary-bo(41273) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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