Vulnerability in Samba (CVE-2022-42898)
Summary
Vulnerability in Samba (CVE-2022-42898). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
PAC parsing in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 has integer overflows that may lead to remote code execution (in KDC, kadmind, or a GSS or Kerberos application server) on 32-bit platforms (which have a resultant heap-based buffer overflow), and cause a denial of service on other platforms. This occurs in krb5_pac_parse in lib/krb5/krb/pac.c. Heimdal before 7.7.1 has "a similar bug."
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-42898 has been found in Samba.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Samba CVE-2022-42898" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-42898 (Samba) — CWE-190 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-190) exists in Samba.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Samba.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Samba' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Samba' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Sambaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2022-42898 heimdal Fixed in: 7.7.1-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42898 heimdal Fixed in: 7.7.0+dfsg-2+deb11u2
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42898 heimdal Fixed in: 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm3
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory samba.org
- exploit bugzilla.samba.org
- patch github.com
- patch web.mit.edu
- patch web.mit.edu
- patch web.mit.edu
- web security.gentoo.org
- web security.gentoo.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web security.netapp.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com