CVE-2016-2114 Security feature bypass in n/a
Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof SMB servers by bypassing mandatory signing, requiring specific configuration settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2114?
CVE-2016-2114 is a medium-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
The SMB1 protocol implementation in Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not recognize the "server signing = mandatory" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SMB servers by modifying the client-server data stream.
Weakness: CWE-254
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2114?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Samba Samba.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2114?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-2114 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2114 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2114, ECHO-0a51-2bc5-c0a4, GHSA-qg5v-7xq3-qwf4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2114.