Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/21/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223802
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/kerberos
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74760
- https://github.com/apple/ccs-pykerberos/issues/31
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.