CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-14318

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published: Dec 03, 2020 | Modified: Jul 03, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A flaw was found in the way samba handled file and directory permissions. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain access to certain file and directory information which otherwise would be unavailable to the attacker.

Weakness

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Samba Samba 3.6.0 (including) 4.11.15 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.12.0 (including) 4.12.9 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.13.0 (including) 4.13.1 (excluding)
Samba Ubuntu bionic *
Samba Ubuntu devel *
Samba Ubuntu focal *
Samba Ubuntu groovy *
Samba Ubuntu hirsute *
Samba Ubuntu precise/esm *
Samba Ubuntu trusty *
Samba Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Samba Ubuntu upstream *
Samba Ubuntu xenial *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat samba-0:4.10.16-9.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat openchange-0:2.3-27.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat samba-0:4.13.3-3.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat openchange-0:2.3-27.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat samba-0:4.13.3-3.el8 *
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.5 for RHEL 7 RedHat samba-0:4.11.6-112.el7rhgs *
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.5 for RHEL 8 RedHat samba-0:4.13.7-101.el8rhgs *

Potential Mitigations

References