CVE-2016-2114 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

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.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2114, ECHO-0a51-2bc5-c0a4, GHSA-qg5v-7xq3-qwf4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2114.

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