4.3

CVE-2023-0225: samba

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2023-0225UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0225DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0225
Published 03-04-2023Last modified 18-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0225 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in samba. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2023-0127OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12831-1SUSE-SU-2023:1687-1SUSE-SU-2023:1689-1

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.72% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • samba≥ 4.17.0, < 4.18.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • samba< 2:4.17.7+dfsg-1
Samba1 product
  • sambaEOL≥ 4.17.0, < 4.17.7 | 4.18.0 | 4.18.0:rc1 | 4.18.0:rc2 | 4.18.0:rc3 | 4.18.0:rc4
Ubuntu1 product
  • samba< 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.29 | < 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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