Description samba: RC4/HMAC-MD5 NetLogon Secure Channel is weak and should be avoided Red Hat statement Users can disable MD5-based NetLogon by adding the following snippet to their smb.conf ~~~ reject md5 clients = yes ~~~ in case there's still need to allow SMB to authenticate to MD5-based NetLogon servers, it's possible to explicitly enable it per-server based: ~~~ server reject md5โฆ
Description
samba: RC4/HMAC-MD5 NetLogon Secure Channel is weak and should be avoided
Red Hat statement
Users can disable MD5-based NetLogon by adding the following snippet to their smb.conf
~~~
reject md5 clients = yes
~~~
in case there's still need to allow SMB to authenticate to MD5-based NetLogon servers, it's possible to explicitly
enable it per-server based:
~~~
server reject md5 schannel:<SERVERNAME>$ = no
~~~
CVSS v3: 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Errata / fixed releases
| Product | Package | Advisory | Released |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba-0:4.10.16-24.el7_9 | RHSA-2023:1090 | 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | samba-0:4.16.4-4.el8_7 | RHSA-2023:0838 | 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | samba-0:4.16.4-4.el8_7 | RHSA-2023:0838 | 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions | samba-0:4.10.4-107.el8_1 | RHSA-2023:0639 | 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support | samba-0:4.11.2-22.el8_2 | RHSA-2023:0638 | 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service | samba-0:4.11.2-22.el8_2 | RHSA-2023:0638 | 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions | samba-0:4.11.2-22.el8_2 | RHSA-2023:0638 | 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support | samba-0:4.13.3-11.el8_4 | RHSA-2023:0637 | 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support | samba-0:4.15.5-12.el8_6 | RHSA-2023:2136 | 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | samba-0:4.16.4-103.el9_1 | RHSA-2023:2127 | 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | samba-0:4.16.4-103.el9_1 | RHSA-2023:2127 | 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | samba-0:4.15.5-110.el9_0 | RHSA-2023:2137 | 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | samba-0:4.15.5-12.el8_6 | RHSA-2023:2136 | 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.3-202306050942_8.6 | RHSA-2023:3491 | 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z |
Package state
| Product | Package | State |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba | Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | samba | Not affected |