CVE-2018-16853

HIGH

Samba 4.7.0-4.7.11 - Denial of Service in MIT Kerberos AD DC Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Samba from version 4.7.0 has a vulnerability that allows a user in a Samba AD domain to crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration. With this advisory the Samba Team clarify that the MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC is considered experimental. Therefore the Samba Team will not issue security patches for this configuration. Additionally, Samba 4.7.12, 4.8.7 and 4.9.3 have been issued as security releases to prevent building of the AD DC with MIT Kerberos unless --with-experimental-mit-ad-dc is specified to the configure command.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16853
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16853.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106026
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0491
EPSS Percentile 89.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
samba/samba 4.7.0 - 4.7.12
Published Nov 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026