CVE-2016-0771

MEDIUM

Samba <4.1.23-4.4.0rc4 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (8)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00063.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84273

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035219

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11128

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11686

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-0771.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3514

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0566

EPSS Percentile 90.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

samba/samba

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Mar 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026