CVE-2012-2111

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2111
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-30 14:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) CreateAccount, (2) OpenAccount, (3) AddAccountRights, and (4) RemoveAccountRights LSA RPC procedures in smbd in Samba 3.4.x before 3.4.17, 3.5.x before 3.5.15, and 3.6.x before 3.6.5 do not properly restrict modifications to the privileges database, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the "take ownership" privilege via an LSA connection.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba 3.4.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.10 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.11 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.12 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.13 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.14 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.15 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.16 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.3 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.4 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.5 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.6 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.7 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.8 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.4.9 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.10 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.11 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.12 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.13 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.14 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.3 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.4 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.5 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.6 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.7 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.8 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.5.9 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.6.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.6.1 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.6.2 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.6.3 All All All
Application Samba Samba 3.6.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1434-1: Samba vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: samba-3.6.5-85.fc17.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
osvdb.org/81648 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02789 SSRT100824 rev.3 - HP-UX CIFS Server (Samba), Remote Execution of Ar' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Samba Local Security Authority Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0573-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0591-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2463-1 samba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: samba-3.6.5-85.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0583-1: important: update for samba af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Collax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.collax.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: samba-3.5.15-74.fc15.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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