Vulnerability in Samba
CVE-2016-2112
The bundled LDAP client library in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not recognize the "client ldap sasl wrapping" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform LDAP protocol-downgrade attacks by modifying the client-server data stream.
EPSS: 0.093 (94.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Samba — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2112?
- CVE-2016-2112 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-04-25.
- How severe is CVE-2016-2112?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.