CVE-2016-3120 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MIT Kerberos 5 (versions prior to 1.13.6 and 1.14.3) when the restrict_anonymous_to_tgt option is enabled. It allows remote authenticated users to crash the KDC daemon via a crafted S4U2Self request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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