Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2023
CVE-2023-0225
A flaw was found in Samba
4.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in Samba. An incomplete access check on dnsHostName allows authenticated but otherwise unprivileged users to delete this attribute from any object in the directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Samba · Samba
4.17.0 before 4.17.7; 4.18.0; 4.18.0; 4.18.0; 4.18.0; 4.18.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0225
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0225
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230406-0007/
Mitigation
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-0225.html
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