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…

PriorityP340critical9.3CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCCICAC

EPSS

7.27%

93.6th percentile

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.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	krb5	< krb5 1.3-1 (bookworm)	krb5 1.3-1 (bookworm)
mit	kerberos_5	—	—
mit	krb5	>= 0 < 1.3-1	1.3-1
mit	krb5	>= 0 < 1.3-1	1.3-1
mit	krb5	>= 0 < 1.3-1	1.3-1
mit	krb5	>= 0 < 1.3-1	1.3-1
vmware	vmware_esxi	—	—
vmware	vmware_fusion	—	—
vmware	vmware_tools	—	—
vmware	vmware_workstation	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv9.3CRITICAL

vendor_debian9.3LOW

vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL

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