CVE-2015-3206

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-3206
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-25T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-12-20T18:11:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apple:pykerberos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/apple/ccs-pykerberos/issues/31 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223802 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74760 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3206
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3206
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:49:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:17:02 2017-08-25T18:29Z 2017-08-25T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:17:02 2018-12-20T18:11:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:17:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated