USN-5260-1

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    USN-5260-1

    Published: 1 Feb 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: samba vulnerabilities

    Details: Orange Tsai discovered that the Samba vfs_fruit module incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as root. (CVE-2021-44142) Michael Hanselmann discovered that Samba incorrectly created directories. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could possibly create a directory on the server outside of the shared directory. (CVE-2021-43566) Kees van Vloten discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain aliased SPN checks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate services. (CVE-2022-0336)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.13.17~dfsg-0ubuntu0.21.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.13.17~dfsg-0ubuntu0.21.04.1

    Affected versions

    2:4.10.7+dfsg-0ubuntu2
    2:4.10.7+dfsg-0ubuntu3

    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
    USN-5260-1 | CVE-DB