CVE-2016-2113 Weak cryptography in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof LDAPS and HTTPS servers to obtain sensitive information due to missing X.509 certificate verification in Samba.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2113?
CVE-2016-2113 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 25 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not verify X.509 certificates from TLS servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof LDAPS and HTTPS servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2113?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Samba Samba.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2113?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-2113 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2113 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2113, ECHO-771c-9d7e-782b, GHSA-j9wg-qqgj-ph9r, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2113.