CVE-2023-42670

MEDIUM

Samba < 4.17.12 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

A flaw was found in Samba. It is susceptible to a vulnerability where multiple incompatible RPC listeners can be initiated, causing disruptions in the AD DC service. When Samba's RPC server experiences a high load or unresponsiveness, servers intended for non-AD DC purposes (for example, NT4-emulation "classic DCs") can erroneously start and compete for the same unix domain sockets. This issue leads to partial query responses from the AD DC, causing issues such as "The procedure number is out of range" when using tools like Active Directory Users. This flaw allows an attacker to disrupt AD DC services.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 59.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-400
Status published

Affected Products (2)

samba/samba < 4.17.12
fedoraproject/fedora

Timeline

Published Nov 03, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026