SB2023012451 - Brute-force attack in Samba
Published: January 24, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023012451
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20251)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a brute-force attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in Samba when incrementing bad password attempts. Each connection to Samba gets a separate process, and each process loads, increments, and saves the bad password count without any coordination. A remote attacker can perform a brute-force attack using multiple threats and bypass imposed limits on the number of allowed incorrect passwords.Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.