Check Point Advisories

MIT Kerberos 5 Null Pointer Dereference (CVE-2016-3119)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-1230
Date Published: 31 Aug 2023
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 31 August, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3119
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? MIT Kerberos 5 1.0
MIT Kerberos 5 1.0.6
MIT Kerberos 5 1.0 up to 1.1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.2 Beta 1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.2 Beta 2
MIT Kerberos 5 1.2.0 up tp 1.2.8
MIT Kerberos 5 1.3 Alpha 1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.3.0 up tp 1.3.6
MIT Kerberos 5 1.4.0 up to 1.4.4
MIT Kerberos 5 1.5.0 up to 1.5.3
MIT Kerberos 5 1.6.0 up to 1.6.2
MIT Kerberos 5 1.7.0 up to 1.7.1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.8.0 up to 1.8.6
MIT Kerberos 5 1.9.0 up to 1.9.4
MIT Kerberos 5 1.10.0 up to 1.10.4
MIT Kerberos 5 1.11.0 up to 1.11.5
MIT Kerberos 5 1.12.0 up to 1.12.3
MIT Kerberos 5 1.13.0 up to 1.13.4
MIT Kerberos 5 1.14 Alpha 1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.14 Beta 1
MIT Kerberos 5 1.14 Beta 2
MIT Kerberos 5 1.14.0 up to 5.1.14.1

openSUSE Leap 42.1
OpenSUSE 13.2
Vulnerability Description A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in MIT Kerberos 5. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service condition on the affected service.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the MIT Kerberos 5 Null Pointer Dereference (CVE-2016-3119) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  MIT Kerberos 5 Null Pointer Dereference (CVE-2016-3119)

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