CVE-2015-3206

Description

The checkPassword function in python-kerberos does not authenticate the KDC it attempts to communicate with, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bad response), or have other unspecified impact by performing a man-in-the-middle attack.

References

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos

https://github.com/apple/ccs-pykerberos/issues/31

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223802

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74760

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3