CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-0922

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 03, 2023 | Modified: Feb 13, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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 Samba AD DC administration tool, when operating against a remote LDAP server, will by default send new or reset passwords over a signed-only connection.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

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)
Samba Ubuntu bionic *
Samba Ubuntu devel *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra/bionic *
Samba Ubuntu esm-infra/focal *
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 plucky *
Samba Ubuntu trusty *
Samba Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Samba Ubuntu upstream *
Samba Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References