CVE-2015-8467

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-8467  

The samldb_check_user_account_control_acl function in dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 does not properly check for administrative privileges during creation of machine accounts, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the existence of a domain with both a Samba DC and a Windows DC, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2535.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The samldb_check_user_account_control_acl function in dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 does not properly check for administrative privileges during creation of machine accounts, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the existence of a domain with both a Samba DC and a Windows DC, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2535.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8467 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 samba Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 samba Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba4 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 samba Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 samba3x Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Samba project for reporting this issue. Upstream cknowledges Andrew Bartlett of the Samba Team and Catalyst as the original reporters.

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