UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2860

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2860
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2860.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2860
Upstream
Published
2016-05-13T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:40Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / openafs

Package

Name
openafs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openafs@1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.6.14-1
1.6.15-1
1.6.15-1ubuntu1
1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libafsauthent1",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libafsrpc1",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkopenafs1",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenafs-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpam-openafs-kaserver",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-client",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-dbserver",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-fileserver",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-fuse",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-kpasswd",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-krb5",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-modules-dkms",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openafs-modules-source",
            "binary_version": "1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2860.json"