Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Red Hat/Gluster Storage
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Samba (software)/Samba2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.0.25,<4.3.13
- (no CPE)range: <4.5.3, <4.4.8, <4.3.13
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Aus2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Eus4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Tus2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Workstation2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords34 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATA pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba-doc&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-28.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-18.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-28.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-56.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-28.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-18.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-18.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-28.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.4-28.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.2-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-56.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.3-84.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory

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