Improper Access Control Affecting openafs package, versions [,1.6.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENAFS-2381803
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 May 2016

CVE-2016-2860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openafs to version 1.6.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.

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