FKIE_CVE-2008-0947
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-19 00:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:50
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.4 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.4.1 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.4.2 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.4.3 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.4.4 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.5 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.5.1 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.5.2 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.5.3 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.6 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.6.1 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.6.2 | |
| mit | kerberos_5 | 1.6.3 |
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