NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting samba package, versions [4.11.0,4.11.15)[4.12.0,4.12.9)[4.13.0,4.13.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-2370448
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-14323  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade samba to version 4.11.15, 4.12.9, 4.13.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. A null pointer dereference flaw was found in samba's Winbind service in versions before 4.11.15, before 4.12.9 and before 4.13.1. A local user could use this flaw to crash the winbind service causing denial of service.

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