CVE-2019-14902
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
There is an issue in all samba 4.11.x versions before 4.11.5, all samba 4.10.x versions before 4.10.12 and all samba 4.9.x versions before 4.9.18, where the removal of the right to create or modify a subtree would not automatically be taken away on all domain controllers.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%v < 4.10.12v < 4.11.5v < 4.9.184.0.0 ≤ v < 4.9.184.10.0 ≤ v < 4.10.124.11.0 ≤ v < 4.11.5
Affected range stops below 4.10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00055.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ACZVNMIFQGGXNJPMHAVBN3H2U65FXQY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GQ6U65I2K23YJC4FESW477WL55TU3PPT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4244-1/
References (11)
Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00055.htmlIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14902Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00023.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200122-0001/CVSS
5.4MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo
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