USN-2481-1

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    USN-2481-1

    Published: 22 Jan 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: samba vulnerability

    Details: Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly handled delegation of authority when being used as an Active Directory Domain Controller. An attacker given delegation privileges could use this issue to escalate their privileges further.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2481-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8143

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4

    Affected versions

    2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High