# CVE-2016-2113: Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not verify X.509 certificates from TLS servers, which allows man-in

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-04-25 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not verify X.509 certificates from TLS servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof LDAPS and HTTPS servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.458012
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00020.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0612.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2950-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00024.html
- http://badlock.org/
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2950-5
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.2.10.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182185.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0618.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00021.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/latest_news.html#4.4.2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035533
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182272.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0614.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0620.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa122
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2950-3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182288.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html

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