CVE-2018-10918
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.2 · CWE-476
5.2CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way samba checked database outputs from the LDB database layer. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a samba server in an Active Directory Domain Controller configuration. Samba versions before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105083Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10918Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3738-1/Advisory