Samba AD DC Check Password Script Weakness (CVE-2019-14833)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108693");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-10-30 13:40:29 +0000 (Wed, 30 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-05-29 13:15:00 +0000 (Sat, 29 May 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14833");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Samba AD DC Check Password Script Weakness (CVE-2019-14833)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"When the password contains multi-byte (non-ASCII) characters, the check password
  script of Samba AD DC does not receive the full password string.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Since Samba Version 4.5.0 a Samba AD DC can use a custom command to verify the
  password complexity. The command can be specified with the 'check password script' smb.conf parameter. This command
  is called when Samba handles a user password change or a new user password is set. The script receives the new
  cleartext password string in order to run custom password complexity checks like dictionary checks to avoid weak
  user passwords.

  When the password contains multi-byte (non-ASCII) characters, the check password script does not receive the full
  password string.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba 4.5.0 and later");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.11.2, 4.10.10, 4.9.15 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2019-14833.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.5.0", test_version2: "4.9.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.9.15", install_path: path);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.10.0", test_version2: "4.10.9")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.10.10", install_path: path);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.11.0", test_version2: "4.11.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.11.2", install_path: path);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);