{"id":"USN-4931-1","summary":"samba vulnerabilities","details":"Steven French discovered that Samba incorrectly handled ChangeNotify\npermissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain file\nname information. (CVE-2020-14318)\n\nBas Alberts discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain winbind\nrequests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause winbind\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-14323)\n\nFrancis Brosnan Blázquez discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain\ninvalid DNS records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause the DNS server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2020-14383)\n\nPeter Eriksson discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain negative\nidmap cache entries. This issue could result in certain users gaining\nunauthorized access to files, contrary to expected behaviour.\n(CVE-2021-20254)\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:47:57.119904559Z","published":"2021-05-03T20:44:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14318","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14323","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14383","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20254"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-14318","CVE-2020-14323","CVE-2020-14383","CVE-2021-20254","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14318","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14323","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14383","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20254"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4931-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14318"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14323"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14383"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20254"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"samba","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"}]}],"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","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.6","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.7","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.8","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.9","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.10","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.11","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.13","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.16","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.17","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.19","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm1","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm2","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm3","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm4","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm6","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm7","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm8","2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libnss-winbind","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"libpam-smbpass"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"libpam-winbind"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"libparse-pidl-perl"},{"binary_name":"libsmbclient","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"libsmbsharemodes0"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"libwbclient0"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"python-samba"},{"binary_name":"registry-tools","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"samba"},{"binary_name":"samba-common","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"samba-common-bin"},{"binary_name":"samba-dsdb-modules","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_name":"samba-libs","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_name":"samba-testsuite","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_name":"samba-vfs-modules","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_name":"smbclient","binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11"},{"binary_version":"2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11","binary_name":"winbind"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-14318"},{"id":"CVE-2020-14323","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2020-14383"},{"id":"CVE-2021-20254","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4931-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}