Out-of-Bounds Affecting samba package, versions <2:4.3.6+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SAMBA-357695
  • published13 Mar 2016
  • disclosed13 Mar 2016

Introduced: 13 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-0771  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 samba to version 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record.

CVSS Scores

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