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CVE-2008-0947

Date: March 18, 2008

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (40)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29462

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29464

Url: http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0947

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29438

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29516

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29457

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29435

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29451

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41273

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752

Url: http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0947

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10984

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29428

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29663

Url: http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29424

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-0947

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2008-0947

Date: March 18, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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