CVE-2018-16860

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16860
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-31 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-14 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in samba's Heimdal KDC implementation, versions 4.8.x up to, excluding 4.8.12, 4.9.x up to, excluding 4.9.8 and 4.10.x up to, excluding 4.10.3, when used in AD DC mode. A man in the middle attacker could use this flaw to intercept the request to the KDC and replace the user name (principal) in the request with any desired user name (principal) that exists in the KDC effectively obtaining a ticket for that principal.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-358

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-2 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-1 iOS 12.4 FULLDISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-4 watchOS 5.3 FULLDISC seclists.org
Synology Inc. CONFIRM www.synology.com
About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
About the security content of iOS 12.4 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
1705877 – (CVE-2018-16860) CVE-2018-16860 samba: S4U2Self with unkeyed checksum CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-1 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra BUGTRAQ seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-5 tvOS 12.4 FULLDISC seclists.org
About the security content of watchOS 5.3 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-2 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-1 iOS 12.4 BUGTRAQ seclists.org
Samba - Security Announcement Archive MISC www.samba.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-1 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.6, Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-004 Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-4 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-5 tvOS 12.4 BUGTRAQ seclists.org
About the security content of tvOS 12.4 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-8-13-3 Additional information for APPLE-SA-2019-7-22-4 watchOS 5.3 BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1888-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198986 Ubuntu Security Notification for Heimdal Vulnerabilities (USN-5675-1)
  • 500245 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 500619 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 503993 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 504381 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 670882 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2020-2396)
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