CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-0614

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 03, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The fix in 4.6.16, 4.7.9, 4.8.4 and 4.9.7 for CVE-2018-10919 Confidential attribute disclosure vi LDAP filters was insufficient and an attacker may be able to obtain confidential BitLocker recovery keys from a Samba AD DC.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Samba Samba 4.0.0 (including) 4.16.10 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.17.0 (including) 4.17.7 (excluding)
Samba Samba 4.18.0 (including) 4.18.0 (including)
Samba Samba 4.18.0-rc1 (including) 4.18.0-rc1 (including)
Samba Samba 4.18.0-rc2 (including) 4.18.0-rc2 (including)
Samba Samba 4.18.0-rc3 (including) 4.18.0-rc3 (including)
Samba Samba 4.18.0-rc4 (including) 4.18.0-rc4 (including)
Ldb Ubuntu bionic *
Ldb Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Ldb Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Ldb Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Ldb Ubuntu focal *
Ldb Ubuntu jammy *
Ldb Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Samba Ubuntu bionic *
Samba Ubuntu devel *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Samba Ubuntu focal *
Samba Ubuntu jammy *
Samba Ubuntu kinetic *
Samba Ubuntu lunar *
Samba Ubuntu mantic *
Samba Ubuntu noble *
Samba Ubuntu oracular *
Samba Ubuntu trusty *
Samba Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Samba Ubuntu upstream *
Samba Ubuntu xenial *

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

References