CVE-2012-6150
The winbind_name_list_to_sid_string_list function in nsswitch/pam_winbind.c in Samba through 4.1.2 handles invalid require_membership_of group names by accepting authentication by any user, which
02 Description
The winbind_name_list_to_sid_string_list function in nsswitch/pam_winbind.c in Samba through 4.1.2 handles invalid require_membership_of group names by accepting authentication by any user, which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-12-03 19:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ceb3143e856697a8413a82338c77aab8e2b5ddeba82d9ba2ad6b0db0309fd976
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.infoHPSBUX03087http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141660010015249&w=2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2054-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2054-1
- lists.samba.org[samba-technical] 20120612 winbind pam security problemhttps://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2012-June/084593.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-9132http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0024http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0405http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00063.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201502-15http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-7672http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1921http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00088.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1106http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1107http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
- lists.samba.org[samba-technical] 20131128 fail authentication if user isn't member of *any* require_membership_of specified groupshttps://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2013-November/096411.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20131202 Re: CVE request: samba pam_winbind authentication fails openhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/03/5
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0330http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0330.html
- bugzilla.samba.orghttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10300
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:299http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:299
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036897
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- samba Fixed in 2:4.0.13+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- samba Fixed in 2:4.0.13+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- samba Fixed in 2:4.0.13+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- samba Fixed in 2:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.