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Unscored USN-5174-1 4 CVEs

samba vulnerabilities

Published Dec 6, 2021 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Stefan Metzmacher discovered that Samba incorrectly handled SMB1 client
connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to downgrade
connections to plaintext authentication. (CVE-2016-2124)

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly mapping domain users to
local users. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to
become root on domain members. (CVE-2020-25717)

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba did not properly check sensitive
attributes. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to
escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-25722)

Joseph Sutton discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain TGS
requests. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3671)

The fix for CVE-2020-25717 results in possible behaviour changes that could
affect certain environments. Please see the upstream advisory for more
information:

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.html

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.26

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2124
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25717
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25722
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3671