CVE-2021-20251

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20251
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-06 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-17 09:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in samba. A race condition in the password lockout code may lead to the risk of brute force attacks being successful if special conditions are met.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug Access Denied MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
14611 – (CVE-2021-20251) CVE-2021-20251 [SECURITY] Bad password count not incremented atomically MISC bugzilla.samba.org
Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE-2021-20251 Samba Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183390 Debian Security Update for samba (CVE-2021-20251)
  • 199130 Ubuntu Security Notification for Samba Vulnerabilities (USN-5822-1)
  • 673134 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-2300)
  • 673159 EulerOS Security Update for samba (EulerOS-SA-2023-2276)
  • 710751 Gentoo Linux Samba Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06)
  • 753558 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0126-1)
  • 753569 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0163-1)
  • 753573 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0164-1)
  • 753581 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0162-1)
  • 753587 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0160-1)
  • 753611 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for samba (SUSE-SU-2023:0222-1)
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