Man-in-the-middle attack in Samba - CVE-2016-2115

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Man-in-the-middle attack in Samba - CVE-2016-2115

Published: July 29, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU240
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2115
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to the failure to protect the integrity of SMB client connections for IPC traffic. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass security restrictions by using man-in-the-middle techniques to perform unauthorized actions.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in security restrictions bypass.

Affected software

Samba
ProtecTIER Entry Edition (PID 5639-PTC) - TS7610 / TS7620
ProtecTIER Appliance Edition (PID 5639-PTB) - TS7650AP1
ProtecTIER Enterprise Edition (PID 5639-PTA) - TS7650G
Amazon Linux AMI
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise
HP-UX Common Internet File System (CIFS)
libtevent (Red Hat package)
evolution-mapi (Red Hat package)
openchange (Red Hat package)
libldb (Red Hat package)
libtdb (Red Hat package)
sssd (Red Hat package)
libtalloc (Red Hat package)
samba (Red Hat package)
samba3x (Red Hat package)
samba4 (Red Hat package)
samba

How to mitigate CVE-2016-2115

Install Samba 4.4.2, 4.3.8 and 4.2.11.

HP-UX Common Internet File System (CIFS) - update to A.03.02.07
libtevent (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.9.26-1.el7_1, 0.9.26-1.el6rhs, 0.9.26-1.el7rhgs
evolution-mapi (Red Hat package) - update to 0.28.3-8.el6_2
openchange (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0-1.el6_2, 1.0-5.el6_4, 1.0-7.el6_5, 1.0-7.el6_6
libldb (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.1.24-1.el6rhs, 1.1.24-1.el7rhgs, 1.1.25-1.el7_1, 1.1.25-2.el6_2, 1.1.25-2.el6_4, 1.1.25-2.el6_5, 1.1.25-2.el6_6
libtdb (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.8-1.el7_1, 1.3.8-1.el6rhs, 1.3.8-1.el7rhgs
sssd (Red Hat package) - update to 1.9.2-82.12.el6_4
libtalloc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.1.5-1.el7_1, 2.1.5-1.el6rhs, 2.1.5-1.el7rhgs
samba (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.0.33-3.30.el5_6, 3.0.33-3.37.el4, 3.0.33-3.40.el5_9, 3.0.33-3.41.el5_11, 3.6.23-30.el6_2, 3.6.23-30.el6_4, 3.6.23-30.el6_5, 3.6.23-30.el6_6, 4.2.10-5.el7_1, 4.2.11-2.el6rhs, 4.2.11-2.el7rhgs
samba3x (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.6.23-12.el5_6, 3.6.23-12.el5_9, 3.6.23-12.el5_11
samba4 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.2.10-6.el6_2, 4.2.10-6.el6_4, 4.2.10-6.el6_5, 4.2.10-6.el6_6
samba - addressed in versions 4.2.11-0.fc22, 4.3.8-0.fc23, 4.4.2-1.fc24

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