01 Record

CVE-2016-2125

It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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02 Description

It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 9.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 94.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-10-31 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b150e78c49e873dbb4313c9e5ff787e1459ba616a3a9636515b6c66bd80d556c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

[UNKNOWN]samba4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13—

06 References

rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0495http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125x_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0494http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securitytracker.com1037494http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1265https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com94988http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0744http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0662http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

01 Record index

CVE-2016-2125

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-2125

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References