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Vulnerability details: VCID-ns9g-ue47-aaar
Vulnerability ID VCID-ns9g-ue47-aaar
Aliases CVE-2008-0947
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
rhas Critical https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0164
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rhbs high https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433596
cvssv2 10.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0947
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-0947.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0947
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0947
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435
http://secunia.com/advisories/29438
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41273
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10984
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html
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://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt
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
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/374121
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489762/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489784/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28302
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019631
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079B.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0922/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1102/references
433596 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433596
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cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-0947 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0947
GLSA-200803-31 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-31
RHSA-2008:0164 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0164
USN-587-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/587-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0947
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

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medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.93817
EPSS Score 0.2504
Published At March 29, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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