CVE-2006-1059 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 1.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1059 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-1059 is a low-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 30 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Samba Samba. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1059/index.md)
Local attackers can read cleartext machine trust account passwords from Samba winbindd logs to spoof the domain server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1059?
CVE-2006-1059 is a low-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 30 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The winbindd daemon in Samba 3.0.21 to 3.0.21c writes the machine trust account password in cleartext in log files, which allows local users to obtain the password and spoof the server in the domain.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1059?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samba Samba.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1059?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-1059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samba Samba
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1059, GHSA-cgxg-c5wj-xpf3.