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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.141732
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Samba 4.x Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-14629, CVE-2018-16851)
Summary:Samba is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS); vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Samba is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS)
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Samba is prone to multiple vulnerabilities:

- CVE-2018-14629: CNAME loops can cause DNS server crashes, and CNAMEs can be added by
unprivileged users.

- CVE-2018-16851: A user able to read more than 256MB of LDAP entries can crash the Samba AD DC's
LDAP server.

Affected Software/OS:
Samba version 4.x.x.

Solution:
Update to version 4.7.12, 4.8.7, 4.9.3 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-14629
BugTraq ID: 106022
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106022
Debian Security Information: DSA-4345 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4345
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00005.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3827-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16851
BugTraq ID: 106027
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106027
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