CVE-2019-14861

lowpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.30% (83rd) EPSS
CVSS 3.5 · low
Is it mine?
35 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

All Samba versions 4.x.x before 4.9.17, 4.10.x before 4.10.11 and 4.11.x before 4.11.3 have an issue, where the (poorly named) dnsserver RPC pipe provides administrative facilities to modify DNS records and zones. Samba, when acting as an AD DC, stores DNS records in LDAP. In AD, the default permissions on the DNS partition allow creation of new records by authenticated users. This is used for example to allow machines to self-register in DNS. If a DNS record was created that case-insensitively matched the name of the zone, the ldb_qsort() and dns_name_compare() routines could be confused into reading memory prior to the list of DNS entries when responding to DnssrvEnumRecords() or DnssrvEnumRecords2() and so following invalid memory as a pointer.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.3

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 3.6
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.6 · impact 3.6
v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USCWE-276US
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affected products (35)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-2051Samba: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-12-09csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samba ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-12-10modified 2026-06-17
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references (48)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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