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CVE-2021-20254 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in samba. The Samba smbd file server must map Windows group identities (SIDs) into unix group ids (gids). The code that performs this had a flaw that could allow it to read data beyond the end of the array in the case where a negative cache entry had been added to the mapping cache. This could cause the calling code to return those values into the process token that stores the group membership for a user. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949442 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00023.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3EP2VJ73OVBPVSOSTVOMGIEQA3MWF6F7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZAF6L2M6CNAJ2YYYGXPWETTW5YLCWTVT/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-22 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210430-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2021-20254.html Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-20254
NVD Published Date:
05/05/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.