CVE-2018-1140

MEDIUM

Samba 4.8.0-4.8.3 - Denial of Service via LDAP Input Sanitization Flaw

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A missing input sanitization flaw was found in the implementation of LDP database used for the LDAP server. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service against a samba server, used as a Active Directory Domain Controller. All versions of Samba from 4.8.0 onwards are vulnerable

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13374
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-1140.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105082
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1140
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.1450
EPSS Percentile 94.5%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
samba/samba 4.8.0 - 4.8.4
Published Aug 22, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026