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This makes the defect a remote privilege escalation.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:00:48.694Z","published":"2016-12-19T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3158-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-2123"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2123"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2123.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3158-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2123"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"samba","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4"}]}],"versions":["2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3","2:4.0.10+dfsg-4ubuntu2","2:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu2","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu3","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu4","2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu5","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.1","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.3","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.5","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.7","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.9","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.11","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.12","2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.13","2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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