Is CVE-2016-2125 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-2125 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-2125?

CVE-2016-2125 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-2125?

CVE-2016-2125 has an EPSS score of 9.20% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2125?

Upgrade samba on debian 11 to 2:4.5.2+dfsg-2 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-2125

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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 subsequently use the ticket to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users.

CWE-287Improper Authentication CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

sambaDebian

Fixed in:2:4.5.2+dfsg-2CVE-2016-2125

libsmbclientUbuntu

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4USN-3158-1

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3158-1

sambaUbuntu

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4USN-3158-1

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3158-1

winbindUbuntu

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4USN-3158-1

Fixed in:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3158-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

9.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

samba.org

Mitigation1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory7

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.