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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2668-1 | samba security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-7692 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4930-1 | Samba vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4931-1 | Samba vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.017Z
Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-20254
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-05-05T14:15:07.883
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:13.203
Link: CVE-2021-20254
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN