CVE-2016-3119

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 39.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The process_db_args function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.4 and 1.14.x through 1.14.1 mishandles the DB argument, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted request to modify a principal.

Affected products

MIT Kerberos 5: 1.0, 1.0.6, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2-beta1 (+68)
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00055.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2591.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85392
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035399
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/08c642c09c38a9c6454ab43a9b53b2a89b9eef99
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00055.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2591.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85392
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035399

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