CVE-2012-6150

NameCVE-2012-6150
DescriptionThe winbind_name_list_to_sid_string_list function in nsswitch/pam_winbind.c in Samba through 4.1.2 handles invalid require_membership_of group names by accepting authentication by any user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an administrator's pam_winbind configuration-file mistake.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
samba (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u5fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1fixed
trixie2:4.21.2+dfsg-3fixed
sid2:4.21.2+dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sambasourcewheezy2:3.6.6-6+deb7u3
sambasource(unstable)2:4.0.13+dfsg-1low
samba4source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[squeeze] - samba <no-dsa> (Can be fixed along in a future DSA)
- samba4 <not-affected> (Samba 4 winbind does not implement this feature)
introduced http://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=31f1a36901b5b8959dc51401c09c114829b50392
fixed by http://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commitdiff;h=f62683956a3b182f6a61cc7a2b4ada2e74cde243
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10300

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