CVE-2016-2860
N/A
Published: May 13, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenAFS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txtMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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