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Samba CVE-2018-1057: Authenticated users can change other users' password

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Samba CVE-2018-1057: Authenticated users can change other users' password

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/13/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/13/2018
Modified
05/04/2018

Description

On a Samba 4 AD DC the LDAP server in all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards incorrectly validates permissions to modify passwords over LDAP allowing authenticated users to change any other users' passwords, including administrative users and privileged service accounts (eg Domain Controllers).

Solution(s)

  • samba-upgrade-4_5_16
  • samba-upgrade-4_6_14
  • samba-upgrade-4_7_6

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