CVE-2016-2113 Weak cryptography in n/a

High 7.4 Published Updated

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.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2113, ECHO-771c-9d7e-782b, GHSA-j9wg-qqgj-ph9r, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2113.

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