CVE-2015-7540
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-399
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79736Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034492Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1Advisory