Input validation error - CVE-2016-3119

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Input validation error - CVE-2016-3119

Published: March 26, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33628
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3119
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted request to modify a principal.


Affected software

Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Fedora
krb5 (Alpine package)
krb5
krb5 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3119

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

krb5 (Alpine package) - update to 1.12.4-r2
krb5 - addressed in versions 1.13.2-14.fc22, 1.14.1-3.fc23, 1.14.1-3.fc24
krb5 (Red Hat package) - update to 1.14.1-26.el7

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