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CVE-2007-4138 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26764	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26776	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26795	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26834	CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3135	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36560	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705	CVE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.419439	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10375	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00201.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html	CVE
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-4138.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479078/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25636	CVE	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018681	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3120	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26764	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26776	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26795	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26834	[email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3135	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36560	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1705	[email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.419439	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10375	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00201.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html	[email protected]
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-4138.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479078/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25636	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018681	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3120	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
samba samba	3.0.25 3.0.25a 3.0.25b 3.0.25c
CPE cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25b:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25c:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 14, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]