CVE-2021-20254

Published May 5, 2021

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A flaw was found in samba. The Samba smbd file server must map Windows group identities (SIDs) into unix group ids (gids). The code that performs this had a flaw that could allow it to read data beyond the end of the array in the case where a negative cache entry had been added to the mapping cache. This could cause the calling code to return those values into the process token that stores the group membership for a user. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-125

Configurations