vulnerability
Samba CVE-2016-2126: Flaws in Kerberos PAC validation can trigger privilege elevation.
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 20, 2016 | Dec 20, 2016 | May 5, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 20, 2016
Added
Dec 20, 2016
Modified
May 5, 2025
Description
A remote, authenticated, attacker can cause the winbindd process to crash using a legitimate Kerberos ticket due to incorrect handling of the PAC checksum. A local service with access to the winbindd privileged pipe can cause winbindd to cache elevated access permissions.
Solution(s)
samba-upgrade-4_3_13samba-upgrade-4_4_8samba-upgrade-4_5_3
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