CVE-2018-16841

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 28, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxSAMBA

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.3.0 ≤ v < 4.7.124.8.0 ≤ v < 4.8.74.9.0 ≤ v < 4.9.34.7.124.8.74.9.3
Affected range stops below 4.7.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.8.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (8)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106023
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16841
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-2/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4345

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416CWE-415

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