# CVE-2019-14833: Security feature bypass in samba

> Attackers can bypass password complexity checks in Samba AD Domain Controllers using non-ASCII characters, allowing weak passwords and facilitating dictionary attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2019-14833, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14833, ECHO-c81b-e001-61c5, GHSA-gg33-rw42-3hw7, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14833

## What is CVE-2019-14833?

CVE-2019-14833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 6 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in Samba, all versions starting samba 4.5.0 before samba 4.9.15, samba 4.10.10, samba 4.11.2, in the way it handles a user password change or a new password for a samba user. The Samba Active Directory Domain Controller can be configured to use a custom script to check for password complexity. This configuration can fail to verify password complexity when non-ASCII characters are used in the password, which could lead to weak passwords being set for samba users, making it vulnerable to dictionary attacks.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements), CWE-305 (Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14833?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Samba Samba.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14833?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2019-14833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14833 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14833 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 6 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2019-14833/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14833/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14833
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14833
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14833

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14833/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.