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CVE-2016-2860 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0 CVE
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html CVE
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569 CVE
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openafs openafs
<= 1.6.16

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2860
NVD Published Date:
May 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2860 Details - Not Deferred