CVE-2018-1140
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 14.4%
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
How to fix CVE-2018-1140
To remediate CVE-2018-1140, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ldb—upgrade to 1.3.5-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4.8.4-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-1140 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 14.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.3.5-r0
- from 0, < 4.8.4-r0
- from 0, < 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |