CVE-2018-16853

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16853
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-28 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:36:00 UTC
DescriptionSamba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore the Samba Team will not issue security patches for this configuration. Additionally, Samba 4.7.12, 4.8.7 and 4.9.3 have been issued as security releases to prevent building of the AD DC with MIT Kerberos unless --with-experimental-mit-ad-dc is specified to the configure command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Vendor Advisory
November 2018 Samba Vulnerabilities in NetApp StorageGRID Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1647246 – (CVE-2018-16853) CVE-2018-16853 samba: S4U2Self crash with MIT KDC build CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500637 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504401 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
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