Description
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.
Published: 2008-03-19
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 16.0% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mit Kerberos 5
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.108Z

Reserved: 2008-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0948

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-19T00:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0948

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0948 - Bugzilla

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