CVE-2015-3206
pykerberos - regression update
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-3206
To remediate CVE-2015-3206, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pykerberos—upgrade to 1.1+svn4895-1+deb6u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1+svn4895-1+deb6u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.5-1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.1.6 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.6 or later
Is CVE-2015-3206 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (7)
- from 0, < 1.1+svn4895-1+deb6u1
- from 0, < 1.1+svn4895-1+deb6u2
- from 0, < 1.1.5-1
- >= 0.0
- from 0, <= 1.2.5
- from 0, < 1.1.6
- from 0, < 1.1.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |