CVE-2018-14629
samba - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 9.0%
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7, and 4.9.3. A CNAME loop could lead to infinite recursion in the server. An unprivileged local attacker could create such an entry, leading to denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2018-14629
To remediate CVE-2018-14629, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/samba—upgrade to 4.8.11-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.9.2+dfsg-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u4 or later
Is CVE-2018-14629 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 9.0%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 4.8.11-r0
- from 0, < 2:4.9.2+dfsg-2
- from 0, < 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u11
- from 0, < 2:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |