FKIE_CVE-2016-2860

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-13 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txtVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openafs openafs *
debian debian_linux 8.0
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