CVE-2016-2125

Description

It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could subsequently use the ticket to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users.

Categories

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.99% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: [UNKNOWN] samba
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125 issue tracking third party advisory mitigation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494 vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.html patch vendor advisory mitigation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2125?
CVE-2016-2125 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2125?
To fix CVE-2016-2125, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2125 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-2125 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2016-2125?
CVE-2016-2125 affects [UNKNOWN] samba.
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