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TI-2019-11065 Aliases CVE-2019-14861GHSA-jhj7-p3xq-vh37

Incorrect default permissions in Red Hat samba

Priority LOW 28CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

All Samba versions 4.x.x before 4.9.17, 4.10.x before 4.10.11 and 4.11.x before 4.11.3 have an issue, where the (poorly named) dnsserver RPC pipe provides administrative facilities to modify DNS records and zones. Samba, when acting as an AD DC, stores DNS records in LDAP. In AD, the default permissions on the DNS partition allow creation of new records by authenticated users. This is used for example to allow machines to self-register in DNS. If a DNS record was created that case-insensitively matched the name of the zone, the ldb_qsort() and dns_name_compare() routines could be confused into reading memory prior to the list of DNS entries when responding to DnssrvEnumRecords() or DnssrvEnumRecords2() and so following invalid memory as a pointer.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.023 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed samba (Red Hat): 4.11.3, 4.10.11, 4.9.17

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatsamba4.11 to before 4.11.3; 4.10 to before 4.10.11; 4.x to before 4.9.174.11.3, 4.10.11, 4.9.17Patch availableCNA
  • samba VendorRed Hat Affected 4.11 to before 4.11.3; 4.10 to before 4.10.11; 4.x to before 4.9.17 Fixed in 4.11.3, 4.10.11, 4.9.17 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 to before 4.9.17; 4.10.0 to before 4.10.11; 4.11.0 to before 4.11.3VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*30VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*31VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*19.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*19.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.9.17; 4.10.0 to before 4.10.11; 4.11.0 to before 4.11.3 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 30 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA samba (Red Hat) Fixed in 4.11.3, 4.10.11, 4.9.17

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat samba — openSUSE-SU-2019:2700

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11074 Improper authorization in Red Hat sambaPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat samba — FEDORA-2019-be98a08835

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11074 Improper authorization in Red Hat sambaPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
Show 3 more groups
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat samba — FEDORA-2019-11dddb785b

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11074 Improper authorization in Red Hat sambaPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat samba — USN-4217-1

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11074 Improper authorization in Red Hat sambaPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat samba — USN-4217-2

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2019-11074 Improper authorization in Red Hat sambaPriority LOW 29
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14861
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jhj7-p3xq-vh37

References

Advisory 11

Other 1

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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