CVE-2016-3120

medium
Published 2016-08-01 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The validate_as_request function in kdc_util.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.6 and 1.4.x before 1.14.3, when restrict_anonymous_to_tgt is enabled, uses an incorrect client data structure, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an S4U2Self request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3120

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3120.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.14.3+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.14.3+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.14.3+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1.14.3+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.14.3+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mitkerberos_51.13
mitkerberos_51.13.1
mitkerberos_51.13.2
mitkerberos_51.13.3
mitkerberos_51.13.4
mitkerberos_51.13.5
mitkerberos_51.13.6
mitkerberos_51.14
mitkerberos_51.14.1
mitkerberos_51.14.2

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.