CVE-2008-0947
N/A
Published: March 19, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKerberos 5
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (37)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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