CVE-2016-2111: docs-xml: document the new "client NTLMv2 auth" and "client use spnego...

BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11749

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>

diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/clientusespnego.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/clientusespnego.xml
index c688a656f4fc54363986b2779e24be7f4b0ba664..e53874583b040088704ea1ba4c1afaf881ffa65f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/clientusespnego.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/clientusespnego.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
     supporting servers (including WindowsXP, Windows2000 and Samba
     3.0) to agree upon an authentication
     mechanism.  This enables Kerberos authentication in particular.</para>
+
+    <para>When <smbconfoption name="client NTLMv2 auth"/> is also set to
+    <constant>yes</constant> extended security (SPNEGO) is required
+    in order to use NTLMv2 only within NTLMSSP. This behavior was
+    introduced with the patches for CVE-2016-2111.</para>
 </description>
 
 <value type="default">yes</value>

diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml
index 7f303565ba51c85ca5a522770eeea718c1d2ecd2..451e1803c756eb2e477260d01bde694d7bba6451 100644 (file)
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/clientntlmv2auth.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
     NTLMv2 by default, and some sites (particularly those following
     'best practice' security polices) only allow NTLMv2 responses, and
     not the weaker LM or NTLM.</para>
+
+    <para>When <smbconfoption name="client use spnego"/> is also set to
+    <constant>yes</constant> extended security (SPNEGO) is required
+    in order to use NTLMv2 only within NTLMSSP. This behavior was
+    introduced with the patches for CVE-2016-2111.</para>
 </description>
 <value type="default">yes</value>
 </samba:parameter>