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CVE-2023-0225 (GCVE-0-2023-0225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-18 15:13
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in Samba. An incomplete access check on dnsHostName allows authenticated but otherwise unprivileged users to delete this attribute from any object in the directory.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-18 15:04 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-732
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Samba Affected: samba 4.18.1, samba 4.17.7, samba 4.16.10
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