CVE-2015-3206 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74760 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223802 https://github.com/apple/ccs-pykerberos/issues/31 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1