5.3

CVE-2016-3119: mit kerberos_5

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-3119MGASA-2016-0123SUSE-SU-2016:0994-1
Published 26-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-3119 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 39.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
39.83%
0%100%
High · -0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-1265-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1RHSA-2016:2591

Timeline

  1. 26-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The process_db_args function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.4 and 1.14.x through 1.14.1 mishandles the DB argument, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted request to modify a principal.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

39.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.14 pp

From 39.97% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse11 products
  • krb5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 1.12.1-28.1
  • krb5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 1.12.1-28.1
  • krb5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 1.6.3-133.49.109.1
  • krb5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12< 1.12.1-28.1
  • krb5&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 1.12.1-28.1
Opensuse2 products
Alpine1 product
  • krb5< 1.14-r2
Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.14.2+dfsg-1
Mageia1 product
  • krb5< 1.12.5-1.mga5
Mit1 product
  • kerberos_51.0 | 1.0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2:beta1 | 1.2:beta2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.3 | 1.3:alpha1 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.5 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.9 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4 | 1.10 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 | 1.10.4 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.12 | 1.12.1 | 1.12.2 | 1.12.3 | 1.13 | 1.13.1 | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 | 1.13.4 | 1.14:alpha1 | 1.14:beta1 | 1.14:beta2 | 1.14.0 | 1.14.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • krb5< 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4 | < 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2.1

7 vendors · 18 products

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