Upstream information

CVE-2008-0947 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 10
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 363151 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • krb5-devel >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-devel-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-server >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA krb5-devel-1.6.3-133.49.66.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • krb5 >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-apps-clients >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-apps-servers >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-client >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-server >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
  • krb5-x86 >= 1.6.3-133.27.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA krb5-1.6.3-133.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • krb5 >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-apps-clients >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-apps-servers >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-client >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-server >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
  • krb5-x86 >= 1.6.3-133.48.48.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA krb5-1.6.3-133.48.48.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • krb5 >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-apps-clients >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-apps-servers >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-client >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-server >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
  • krb5-x86 >= 1.6.3-133.49.54.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA krb5-1.6.3-133.49.54.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • krb5 >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-apps-clients >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-apps-servers >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-client >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-devel >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-devel-32bit >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-server >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
  • krb5-x86 >= 1.6.3-133.49.66.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA krb5-1.6.3-133.49.66.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA krb5-devel-1.6.3-133.49.66.1
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • krb5 >= 1.20.1-4.11
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA krb5-1.20.1-4.11
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • krb5 >= 1.21.3-slfo.1.1_1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA krb5-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • krb5 >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-32bit >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-client >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-devel >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-devel-32bit >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-plugin-preauth-otp >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-plugin-preauth-spake >= 1.19.2-2.2
  • krb5-server >= 1.19.2-2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10899

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 krb5 Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun krb5 Already fixed
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure krb5 Already fixed
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 krb5 Already fixed
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE krb5 Already fixed
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS krb5 Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 krb5 Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 krb5 Already fixed
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 krb5 Already fixed
Container Status
bci/bci-init:15.5
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.5
bci/golang
bci/golang:1.20-openssl
bci/golang:1.21
bci/node:16
bci/node:18
bci/nodejs
bci/openjdk-devel:11
bci/openjdk-devel:17
bci/openjdk:11
bci/openjdk:17
bci/php
bci/php-apache
bci/php-fpm
bci/python
bci/python:3
bci/ruby
bci/rust
bci/rust:1.77
rancher/seedimage-builder
suse/389-ds
suse/git
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/ltss/sle15.5/sle15
suse/nginx
suse/pcp
suse/postgres
suse/postgres:14
suse/postgres:15
suse/registry
suse/rmt-mariadb
suse/rmt-mariadb-client
suse/rmt-server
suse/sle-micro/5.5
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/base-5.5
suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5
suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5
suse/sle15:15.5
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-apiserver:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-cloner:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-controller:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-operator:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadproxy:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-uploadserver:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-api:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-controller:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-exportproxy:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-exportserver:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-operator:0.58.0		 krb5Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:59:26 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri May 16 17:16:43 2025