CVE-2021-20251

Medium

Description

A flaw was found in samba. A race condition in the password lockout code may lead to the risk of brute force attacks being successful if special conditions are met.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.9

Exploit probability—

Product

Samba

PublishedMar 6, 2023

First seenMar 6, 2023

Weakness typeCWE-362Race condition

How to fix

Update

samba samba4.16.8, 4.17.4 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
samba samba	4.1.0 ≤ v < 4.16.8, 4.17.0 ≤ v < 4.17.4	4.16.8, 4.17.4
fedoraproject fedora	37	—

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