CVE-2008-0947: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Mar 19 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.6.3 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.4 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.4.1 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.4.2 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.4.3 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.4.4 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.5 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.5.1 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.5.2 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.5.3 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.6 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.6.1 | |
| MIT Kerberos 5 | =1.6.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41273
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10984
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
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- agent/references
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- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mit
- canonical/mit kerberos 5
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.6.3
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.4
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.4.1
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.4.2
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.4.3
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.4.4
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.5
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.5.1
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.5.2
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.5.3
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.6
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.6.1
- version/mit kerberos 5/1.6.2