CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-2031

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 25, 2022 | Modified: Sep 17, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A flaw was found in Samba. The security vulnerability occurs when KDC and the kpasswd service share a single account and set of keys, allowing them to decrypt each others tickets. A user who has been requested to change their password, can exploit this flaw to obtain and use tickets to other services.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Samba Samba 4.16.0 *
Samba Samba 4.15.0 *
Samba Samba * *

Potential Mitigations

References