CVE-2016-3119

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3119
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3119.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3119
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-03-26T01:59:05.997Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:21:36.998018051Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

The processdbargs function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdbldap/ldapprincipal2.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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/krb5/krb5

Affected ranges

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Database specific
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Affected versions

kfw-4.*
kfw-4.0-final
kfw-4.0.1-beta1
kfw-4.0.1-final
kfw-4.1-beta1
kfw-4.1-beta2
krb5-1.*
krb5-1.0-final
krb5-1.0.6-final
krb5-1.1-final
krb5-1.1.1-final
krb5-1.10-final
krb5-1.10.1-final
krb5-1.10.2-final
krb5-1.10.3-final
krb5-1.10.4-final
krb5-1.11-alpha1
krb5-1.11-beta1
krb5-1.11-beta2
krb5-1.11-final
krb5-1.11.1-final
krb5-1.11.2-final
krb5-1.11.3-final
krb5-1.11.4-final
krb5-1.11.5-final
krb5-1.12-alpha1
krb5-1.12-beta1
krb5-1.12-beta2
krb5-1.12-final
krb5-1.12.1-final
krb5-1.12.2-final
krb5-1.12.3-final
krb5-1.13-alpha1
krb5-1.13-beta1
krb5-1.13-final
krb5-1.13.1-final
krb5-1.13.2-final
krb5-1.13.3-final
krb5-1.13.4-final
krb5-1.14-alpha1
krb5-1.14-beta1
krb5-1.14-beta2
krb5-1.14-final
krb5-1.14.1-final
krb5-1.2-beta1
krb5-1.2-beta2
krb5-1.2-final
krb5-1.2.1-final
krb5-1.2.2-final
krb5-1.2.3-final
krb5-1.2.4-final
krb5-1.2.5-final
krb5-1.2.6-final
krb5-1.2.7-final
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krb5-1.3-alpha1
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krb5-1.3.1-kfw
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krb5-1.6-final
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krb5-1.9-final
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krb5-1.9.4-final

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-04-11T03:43:44Z"
vanir_signatures
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"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3119.json"
unresolved_ranges
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