CVE-2016-2860

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2860
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-13 16:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Openafs Openafs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3569-1 openafs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openafs.org Vendor Advisory
[OpenAFS-announce] OpenAFS security release 1.6.17 available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openafs.org
www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openafs.org
git.openafs.org Git - openafs.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.openafs.org
git.openafs.org Git - openafs.git/commitdiff MITRE git.openafs.org
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