A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7, and 4.9.3. A CNAME loop could lead to infinite recursion in the server. An unprivileged local attacker could create such an entry, leading to denial of service.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-samba | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-samba | Nov 28, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-samba46freebsd-upgrade-package-samba47freebsd-upgrade-package-samba48freebsd-upgrade-package-samba49 | Nov 28, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-samba | Mar 27, 2020 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Samba | samba-upgrade-4_7_12samba-upgrade-4_8_7samba-upgrade-4_9_3 | Dec 4, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-ctdbsuse-upgrade-libdcerpc-binding0suse-upgrade-libdcerpc-binding0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libdcerpc-develsuse-upgrade-libdcerpc-samr-develsuse-upgrade-libdcerpc-samr0suse-upgrade-libdcerpc0suse-upgrade-libdcerpc0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libndr-develsuse-upgrade-libndr-krb5pac-develsuse-upgrade-libndr-krb5pac0suse-upgrade-libndr-krb5pac0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libndr-nbt-develsuse-upgrade-libndr-nbt0suse-upgrade-libndr-nbt0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libndr-standard-develsuse-upgrade-libndr-standard0suse-upgrade-libndr-standard0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libndr0suse-upgrade-libndr0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libndr1suse-upgrade-libndr1-32bitsuse-upgrade-libnetapi-develsuse-upgrade-libnetapi0suse-upgrade-libnetapi0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamba-credentials-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-credentials0suse-upgrade-libsamba-credentials0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamba-errors-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-errors0suse-upgrade-libsamba-errors0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamba-hostconfig-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-hostconfig0suse-upgrade-libsamba-hostconfig0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamba-passdb-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-passdb0suse-upgrade-libsamba-passdb0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamba-policy-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-policy-python3-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-policy0suse-upgrade-libsamba-policy0-python3suse-upgrade-libsamba-util-develsuse-upgrade-libsamba-util0suse-upgrade-libsamba-util0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsamdb-develsuse-upgrade-libsamdb0suse-upgrade-libsamdb0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsmbclient-develsuse-upgrade-libsmbclient0suse-upgrade-libsmbclient0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsmbconf-develsuse-upgrade-libsmbconf0suse-upgrade-libsmbconf0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsmbldap-develsuse-upgrade-libsmbldap2suse-upgrade-libsmbldap2-32bitsuse-upgrade-libtevent-util-develsuse-upgrade-libtevent-util0suse-upgrade-libtevent-util0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libwbclient-develsuse-upgrade-libwbclient0suse-upgrade-libwbclient0-32bitsuse-upgrade-sambasuse-upgrade-samba-cephsuse-upgrade-samba-clientsuse-upgrade-samba-client-32bitsuse-upgrade-samba-core-develsuse-upgrade-samba-docsuse-upgrade-samba-dsdb-modulessuse-upgrade-samba-libssuse-upgrade-samba-libs-32bitsuse-upgrade-samba-libs-python3suse-upgrade-samba-libs-python3-32bitsuse-upgrade-samba-pythonsuse-upgrade-samba-python3suse-upgrade-samba-winbindsuse-upgrade-samba-winbind-32bit | Dec 19, 2019 | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-samba | Dec 4, 2018 | Aug 14, 2018 |
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