Incorrect Authorization The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package samba  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-SAMBA-614858
  • published13 Mar 2018
  • disclosed13 Mar 2018

Introduced: 13 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1057  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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).