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 restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-05-13

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Openafs (Openafs)

References

• http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
• http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt
• https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
• https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17