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CVE-2015-3206
Published: Aug 25, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20150521 CVE-2015-3206 python-kerberos: checkPassword() does not verify KDC authenticity
mailing-list
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223802
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https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos
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74760
vdb-entry
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https://github.com/apple/ccs-pykerberos/issues/31
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