CVE-2019-14902
samba: Replication of ACLs set to inherit down a subtree on AD Directory not automatic
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 21, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in samba. A newly delegated right, but more importantly the removal of a delegated right, would not be inherited on any DC other than the one where the change was made; the removal would not automatically be taken away on all domain controllers. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Statement
This flaw does not affect the version of samba shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux because there is no support for samba as Active Directory Domain Controller.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Use of 'samba-tool drs replicate $DC1 $DC2 $NC --full-sync' will cause all ACLs to be syncronised from DC2 to DC1, for the given NC (naming context), eg:
samba-tool drs replicate my-DC1 my-DC2 DC=samba,DC=example,DC=com --full-sync samba-tool drs replicate my-DC1 my-DC2 CN=Configuration,DC=samba,DC=example,DC=com --full-sync
samba-tool drs replicate my-DC2 my-DC1 DC=samba,DC=example,DC=com --full-sync samba-tool drs replicate my-DC2 my-DC1 CN=Configuration,DC=samba,DC=example,DC=com --full-sync
Internally both in patched and un-patched versions, for every object replicated with a --full-sync, the inheritance will be correctly calculated. This only needs to be done TO each DC, not for each pair-wise pair.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control