CVE-2021-20251 (GCVE-0-2021-20251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-06 00:00
Modified
2025-03-06 15:49
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A flaw was found in samba. A race condition in the password lockout code may lead to the risk of brute force attacks being successful if special conditions are met.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a samba Version: Samba 4.1 and newer
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