CVE-2018-16841

MEDIUM

Samba <4.7.12, 4.8.7, 4.9.3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Samba from version 4.3.0 and before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7 and 4.9.3 are vulnerable to a denial of service. When configured to accept smart-card authentication, Samba's KDC will call talloc_free() twice on the same memory if the principal in a validly signed certificate does not match the principal in the AS-REQ. This is only possible after authentication with a trusted certificate. talloc is robust against further corruption from a double-free with talloc_free() and directly calls abort(), terminating the KDC process.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0711
EPSS Percentile 91.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-415 CWE-416
Status published

Affected Products (7)

samba/samba < 4.7.12
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Nov 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026