CVE-2021-3738
Published: 9 November 2021
In DCE/RPC it is possible to share the handles (cookies for resource state) between multiple connections via a mechanism called 'association groups'. These handles can reference connections to our sam.ldb database. However while the database was correctly shared, the user credentials state was only pointed at, and when one connection within that association group ended, the database would be left pointing at an invalid 'struct session_info'. The most likely outcome here is a crash, but it is possible that the use-after-free could instead allow different user state to be pointed at and this might allow more privileged access.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | Fixing this in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS would require substantial code backports. We will not be fixing this issue in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In environments where this is of concern, we recommend updating to a more recent Ubuntu version. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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samba Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Released
(4.13.14)
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| bionic |
Ignored
|
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| focal |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
|
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| hirsute |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu0.21.04.1)
|
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| impish |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
|
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| jammy |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu1)
|
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| kinetic |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu1)
|
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| lunar |
Released
(2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |