5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-20251
Samba Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 6, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 17, 2023, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20251 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Samba samba
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-20251.

URL 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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0005/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-20251 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-20251 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0005/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (excluding) 4.12.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (excluding) 4.16.8 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.17.0 up to (excluding) 4.17.4
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929800 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929800 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14611 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.0 up to (excluding) 4.12.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.20 }} 0.06%

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0.57963

percentile

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