CVE-2008-0947

NameCVE-2008-0947
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1524-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)buster1.17-3+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)1.17-3+deb10u6fixed
bullseye1.18.3-6+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)1.18.3-6+deb11u3fixed
bookworm1.20.1-2+deb12u1fixed
trixie1.20.1-5fixed
sid1.20.1-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb5sourcesarge1.3.6-2sarge6DSA-1524-1
krb5sourceetch1.4.4-7etch5DSA-1524-1
krb5source(unstable)1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4medium

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