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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0955)
- Published
- March 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0955 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mit / kerberos 5
References
- 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/29428(Vendor 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/374121(US 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.html(US 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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