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CVE-2018-16853 json

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-defaul…

published 2018-11-28 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8647

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 4.7.12, 4.8.7, 4.9.3
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.9.2+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16853

  • samba SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15, SLE High Availability Extension 15 4.7.11+git.140.6bd0e5b30d8-4.21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:4066-1

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1

  • samba Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 4.8.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-16853

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • samba Arch Linux 4.9.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-823

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16853 updated cvss 7.5

samba: S4U2Self crash with MIT KDC build

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 samba, samba3x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba, samba4, samba4-dc, samba-swat, samba4-libs, samba4-pidl, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ctdb, samba, libnetapi, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +24 more Red Hat Storage 3 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +21 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 samba
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] samba

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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