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Samba AD DC Check Password Script Weakness (CVE-2019-14833)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

When the password contains multi-byte (non-ASCII) characters, the check password script of Samba AD DC does not receive the full password string.

Insight

Insight

Since Samba Version 4.5.0 a Samba AD DC can use a custom command to verify the password complexity. The command can be specified with the 'check password script' smb.conf parameter. This command is called when Samba handles a user password change or a new user password is set. The script receives the new cleartext password string in order to run custom password complexity checks like dictionary checks to avoid weak user passwords. When the password contains multi-byte (non-ASCII) characters, the check password script does not receive the full password string.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Samba 4.5.0 and later

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 4.11.2, 4.10.10, 4.9.15 or later.

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