K53313971 : Samba vulnerabilities CVE-2016-2110 and CVE-2016-2115

Security Advisory Description

• CVE-2016-2110

The NTLMSSP authentication implementation in Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform protocol-downgrade attacks by modifying the client-server data stream to remove application-layer flags or encryption settings, as demonstrated by clearing the NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_SEAL or NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_SIGN option to disrupt LDAP security.

• CVE-2016-2115

Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not require SMB signing within a DCERPC session over ncacn_np, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SMB clients by modifying the client-server data stream.
Impact
Samba tools are included with vulnerable releases; however, F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability in any standard configuration. There is a theoretical attack vector if the user manually enables vulnerable components.