Alpine: multiple krb5 packages: security update to 1.14-r2 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400948

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The validate_as_request function in kdc_util.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka
krb5) before 1.13.6 and 1.4.x before 1.14.3, when restrict_anonymous_to_tgt is enabled, uses an incorrect
client data structure, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference and daemon crash) via an S4U2Self request. (CVE-2016-3120)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400948

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3120

BID: 92132

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