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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7540: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-7540: Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/29/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via crafted packets.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-samba

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