vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20277: Out-of-bounds Read
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 12, 2021 | Mar 26, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 12, 2021
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Samba's libldb. Multiple, consecutive leading spaces in an LDAP attribute can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write, leading to a crash of the LDAP server process handling the request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-samba
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