MGASA-2016-0123

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CVE-2016-3119
Published: 25 Mar 2016, 06:38
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Mar 2016, 06:38
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated krb5 packages fix security vulnerability It was reported that in all versions of MIT krb5, an authenticated attacker with permission to modify a principal entry can cause kadmind to dereference a null pointer by supplying an empty DB argument to the modify_principal command, if kadmind is configured to use the LDAP KDB module (CVE-2016-3119). The krb5 package has been updated to version 1.12.5 and patched to fix this issue and other bugs.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•krb5

    < 1.12.5-1.mga5

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