CVE-2016-2126

samba: Flaws in Kerberos PAC validation can trigger privilege elevation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 19, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way Samba handled PAC (Privilege Attribute Certificate) checksums. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the winbindd process.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified