Authentication bypass in Samba

1) Authentication bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU7482

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11103

CWE-ID: CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to impersonate a trusted server and intercept users' credentials.

The vulnerability exists due to the KDC-REP service name is stored in unencrypted "ticket" instead of encrypted "enc_part" and used later by the _krb5_extract_ticket() function. An attacker in local network can perform a man-in-the-middle attack, intercept the KDC-REP service name and impersonate a trusted server.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain credentials of all Samba users from Samba DRS replication service during password replication process between trusted and fake DC.

Mitigation

Update to version 4.6.6, 4.5.12 or 4.4.15

Vulnerable software versions

Samba: 4.0.0 - 4.6.5

External links

http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-11103.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.