{"id":"CVE-2007-4138","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"The Winbind nss_info extension (nsswitch/idmap_ad.c) in idmap_ad.so in Samba 3.0.25 through 3.0.25c, when the \"winbind nss info\" option is set to rfc2307 or sfu, grants all local u","description":"The Winbind nss_info extension (nsswitch/idmap_ad.c) in idmap_ad.so in Samba 3.0.25 through 3.0.25c, when the \"winbind nss info\" option is set to rfc2307 or sfu, grants all local users the privileges of gid 0 when the (1) RFC2307 or (2) Services for UNIX (SFU) primary group attribute is not defined.","publishedAt":"2007-09-14T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T14:46:39.347Z","severity":null,"assigner":"redhat","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-4138.html","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25636","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479078/100/0/threaded","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html","http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.419439","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3135","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3120","http://secunia.com/advisories/26764","http://secunia.com/advisories/26834","http://secunia.com/advisories/26795","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018681","https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00201.html","http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36560","https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10375","http://secunia.com/advisories/26776","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:36.442Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2007/4xxx/CVE-2007-4138.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2007-4138","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2007-09-14T01:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T14:46:39.347Z","assignerShortName":"redhat","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateReserved":"2007-08-02T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The Winbind nss_info extension (nsswitch/idmap_ad.c) in idmap_ad.so in Samba 3.0.25 through 3.0.25c, when the \"winbind nss info\" option is set to rfc2307 or sfu, grants all local users the privileges of gid 0 when the (1) RFC2307 or (2) Services for UNIX (SFU) primary group attribute is not defined."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-4138.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html","name":"RHSA-2007:1016","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25636","name":"25636","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479078/100/0/threaded","name":"20070911 [SECURITY] Winbind's rfc2307 & SFU nss_info plugin in Samba 3.0.25[a-c] assigns users a primary gid of 0 by default","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html","name":"TA07-352A","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT"]},{"url":"http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.419439","name":"SSA:2007-255-02","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SLACKWARE"]},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3135","name":"3135","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3120","name":"ADV-2007-3120","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26764","name":"26764","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26834","name":"26834","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26795","name":"26795","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018681","name":"1018681","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00201.html","name":"FEDORA-2007-2145","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA"]},{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36560","name":"samba-smb-privilege-escalation(36560)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10375","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10375","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26776","name":"26776","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html","name":"RHSA-2007:1017","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2018-10-15T20:57:01.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749"},"datePublic":"2007-09-11T00:00:00.000Z"},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-4138.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html","name":"RHSA-2007:1016","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25636","name":"25636","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479078/100/0/threaded","name":"20070911 [SECURITY] Winbind's rfc2307 & SFU nss_info plugin in Samba 3.0.25[a-c] assigns users a primary gid of 0 by default","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html","name":"TA07-352A","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.419439","name":"SSA:2007-255-02","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SLACKWARE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3135","name":"3135","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3120","name":"ADV-2007-3120","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26764","name":"26764","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26834","name":"26834","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26795","name":"26795","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018681","name":"1018681","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00201.html","name":"FEDORA-2007-2145","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_FEDORA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36560","name":"samba-smb-privilege-escalation(36560)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10375","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10375","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26776","name":"26776","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html","name":"RHSA-2007:1017","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T14:46:39.347Z"}}]}}}