What is CVE-2023-0225?

CVE-2023-0225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-0225?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0225 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Samba

CVE-2023-0225

A flaw was found in Samba. An incomplete access check on dnsHostName allows authenticated but otherwise unprivileged users to delete this attribute from any object in the directory.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Samba — versions 4.18.0
N/a Samba — versions samba 4.18.1, samba 4.17.7, samba 4.16.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

codeb0ss/CVE-2023-0255-PoC

References

secalert@redhat.com (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0225?: CVE-2023-0225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-0225?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0225 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.