CVE-2008-0948
EPSS 21.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-0948
To remediate CVE-2008-0948, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/krb5—upgrade to 1.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2008-0948 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 21.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.3-1