PT-2016-5247 · Openafs · Openafs

Peter Iannucci · Published 2016-03-25 · Updated 2016-05-19 · CVE-2016-2860

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.17

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions. This is due to the mishandling of the creator ID in the newEntry function. As a result, attackers can create arbitrary groups as administrators.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.17, update to version 1.6.17 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2860

DLA-493-1

DSA-3569-1

MGASA-2016-0121

Affected Products

Openafs

References · 22

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3569-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2860 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0121 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2860 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2860 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0121.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html · Note
• http://dl.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16 · Note
• https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000495.html · Note