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CVE-2022-37966
Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202309-6 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Samba, the worst of which could result in root remote code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 4.18.4 are affected.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5936-1 - Evgeny Legerov discovered that Samba incorrectly handled buffers in certain GSSAPI routines of Heimdal. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Tom Tervoort discovered that Samba incorrectly used weak rc4-hmac Kerberos keys. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate privileges.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5822-2 - USN-5822-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Samba. The update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS introduced regressions in certain environments. Pending investigation of these regressions, this update temporarily reverts the security fixes. It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled the bad password count logic. It was discovered that Samba supported weak RC4/HMAC-MD5 in NetLogon Secure Channel. Greg Hudson discovered that Samba incorrectly handled PAC parsing. Joseph Sutton discovered that Samba could be forced to issue rc4-hmac encrypted Kerberos tickets.
Ubuntu Security Notice 5822-1 - It was discovered that Samba incorrectly handled the bad password count logic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass bad passwords lockouts. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 22.10. Evgeny Legerov discovered that Samba incorrectly handled buffers in certain GSSAPI routines of Heimdal. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of affected systems. The high-severity flaws, tracked as CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967, and CVE-2022-45141, have been patched in versions 4.17.4, 4.16.8 and 4.15.13 released on December 15, 2022. Samba is an open source Windows
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>On November 8th, 2022, Microsoft released a series of security updates for various Windows operating systems to fix two security issues:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37966"&
Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
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