CVE-2019-3880

Publication date 8 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.4 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in the way samba implemented an RPC endpoint emulating the Windows registry service API. An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to create a new registry hive file anywhere they have unix permissions which could lead to creation of a new file in the Samba share. Versions before 4.8.11, 4.9.6 and 4.10.2 are vulnerable.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
samba 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2:4.8.4+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.9
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.19
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.4 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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