CVE-2015-3206

Advisory

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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3206
• 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