CVE-2018-14628 (GCVE-0-2018-14628)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:27
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Summary
An information leak vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server. Due to missing access control checks, an authenticated but unprivileged attacker could discover the names and preserved attributes of deleted objects in the LDAP store.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1046 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Samba Affected: All versions from 4.0.0 onwards
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