CVE-2016-2113

samba: Server certificates not validated at client side

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 12, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

It was found that Samba did not validate SSL/TLS certificates in certain connections. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof a Samba server using a specially crafted SSL/TLS certificate.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation