CVE-2016-2860: 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…

PriorityP335medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

1.50%

71.3th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	openafs	< openafs 1.6.17-1 (bookworm)	openafs 1.6.17-1 (bookworm)
openafs	openafs	<= 1.6.16	—
openafs	openafs	>= 0 < 1.6.17-1	1.6.17-1
openafs	openafs	>= 0 < 1.6.17-1	1.6.17-1
openafs	openafs	>= 0 < 1.6.17-1	1.6.17-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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