Improper Authentication Affecting kerberos package, versions [,1.3-alpha1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KERBEROS-3006775
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Feb 1996
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Feb 1996

CVE-1999-0143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kerberos to version 1.3-alpha1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Kerberos 4 key servers allow a user to masquerade as another by breaking and generating session keys.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1