CVE-2016-3120

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3120
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-01 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe validate_as_request function in kdc_util.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.6 and 1.4.x before 1.14.3, when restrict_anonymous_to_tgt is enabled, uses an incorrect client data structure, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an S4U2Self request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.5 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.6 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.3 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.4 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.5 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.13.6 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.14.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: krb5-1.14.1-8.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1265-1] krb5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: krb5-1.14.1-8.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
MIT Kerberos KDC CVE-2016-3120 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Kerberos KDC Null Pointer Dereference in validate_as_request() Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
RT/krbdev.mit.edu: Ticket #8458 Fix S4U2Self KDC crash when anon is restricted [CVE-2016-3120] CONFIRM krbdev.mit.edu Issue Tracking
Kerberos 5 Release 1.14.4 CONFIRM web.mit.edu
Kerberos 5 Release 1.13.7 CONFIRM web.mit.edu
openSUSE-SU-2016:2268-1: moderate: Security update for krb5 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Fix S4U2Self KDC crash when anon is restricted · krb5/krb5@93b4a63 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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