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CVE-2018-16860 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in samba's Heimdal KDC implementation, versions 4.8.x up to, excluding 4.8.12, 4.9.x up to, excluding 4.9.8 and 4.10.x up to, excluding 4.10.3, when used in AD DC mode. A man in the middle attacker could use this flaw to intercept the request to the KDC and replace the user name (principal) in the request with any desired user name (principal) that exists in the KDC effectively obtaining a ticket for that principal.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Red Hat, Inc.
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/11
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/13
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/14
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16860 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/21
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/22
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/23
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/25
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
https://support.apple.com/HT210346
https://support.apple.com/HT210348
https://support.apple.com/HT210351
https://support.apple.com/HT210353
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16860.html Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_23

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard cwe source acceptance level NIST   Reference acceptance level Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16860
NVD Published Date:
07/31/2019
NVD Last Modified:
08/14/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.