ALPINE-CVE-2021-20254

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CVE-2021-20254
Published: 05 May 2021, 14:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
27/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 May 2021, 14:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•samba

    < 4.12.15-r0 | < 4.13.8-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0 | < 4.14.4-r0

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