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Missing Authorization

CVE-2018-14628

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

An information leak vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server. Due to missing access control checks, an authenticated but unprivileged attacker could discover the names and preserved attributes of deleted objects in the LDAP store. This issue affects all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
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CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published