DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0948
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948
Upstream
Published
2008-03-19T00:44:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:51Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948.json"

Debian:13 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948.json"

Debian:14 / krb5

Package

Name
krb5
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/krb5?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0948.json"