CVE-2021-20251

A 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.

CVSS v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929800	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2023-03-06 15:15

Updated : 2023-03-10 18:52

NVD link : CVE-2021-20251

Mitre link : CVE-2021-20251

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

samba

samba

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5.9 /10