CVE-2015-3206 (GCVE-0-2015-3206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-25 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
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Summary
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.
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