OESA-2021-1207 (CVE-2021-20254)
Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2021-06-07 11:04 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:04 – Source websiteSamba is a suite of programs for Linux and Unix to interoperate with Windows.
Security Fix(es):
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.(CVE-2021-20254)
A flaw was found in Samba's libldb. Multiple, consecutive leading spaces in an LDAP attribute can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write, leading to a crash of the LDAP server process handling the request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2021-20277)
A flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2020-27840)
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"details": "Samba is a suite of programs for Linux and Unix to interoperate with Windows.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA 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.(CVE-2021-20254)\r\n\r\nA flaw was found in Samba\u0026apos;s libldb. Multiple, consecutive leading spaces in an LDAP attribute can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write, leading to a crash of the LDAP server process handling the request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2021-20277)\r\n\r\nA flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.(CVE-2020-27840)",
"id": "OESA-2021-1207",
"modified": "2026-08-06T11:04:26Z",
"published": "2021-06-07T11:04:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1207"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20254"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20277"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27840"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
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"summary": "samba security update",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2021-20254",
"CVE-2021-20277",
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}
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