CVE-2019-14833 — Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in Samba
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 6
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A flaw was found in Samba, all versions starting samba 4.5.0 before samba 4.9.15, samba 4.10.10, samba 4.11.2, in the way it handles a user password change or a new password for a samba user. The Samba Active Directory Domain Controller can be configured to use a custom script to check for password complexity. This configuration can fail to verify password complexity when non-ASCII characters are used in the password, which could lead to weak passwords being set for samba users, making it vulner…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.5
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5samba/sambaall versions starting samba 4.5.0 before samba 4.9.15, samba 4.10.10, samba 4.11.2
Also affects: Fedora 29, 30, 31