Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting samba package, versions <4.8.11-r0
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed28 Nov 2018
Introduced: 28 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-14629 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.21 samba to version 4.8.11-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-14629.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14629
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4345
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00005.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14629
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14629
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106022
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14629
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-2/