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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2112

The bundled LDAP client library in Samba 3.x and 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 "client ldap sasl wrapping" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform LDAP protocol-downgrade…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 9.42%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The bundled LDAP client library in Samba 3.x and 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 "client ldap sasl wrapping" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform LDAP protocol-downgrade attacks by modifying the client-server data stream.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
9.42% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-254
Affected
samba/samba · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.