CVE-2020-25721 (GCVE-0-2020-25721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:40
VLAI
Summary
Kerberos acceptors need easy access to stable AD identifiers (eg objectSid). Samba as an AD DC now provides a way for Linux applications to obtain a reliable SID (and samAccountName) in issued tickets.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - (Improper Input validation)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a samba Affected: Affected - All versions since Samba 4.0.0, Fixed-In - v4.15.2, v4.14.10 and v4.13.14
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