CVE-2008-0948

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.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121US Government Resource
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41274
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9209
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29423
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29428Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
• http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121US Government Resource
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41274
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9209

Published

Mar 19, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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