cve/2008/CVE-2008-0947.md

### [CVE-2008-0947](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0947)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3752
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-002.txt

#### Github
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