CVE-2020-10704
samba - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 14.5%
Description
A flaw was found when using samba as an Active Directory Domain Controller. Due to the way samba handles certain requests as an Active Directory Domain Controller LDAP server, an unauthorized user can cause a stack overflow leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This issue affects all samba versions before 4.10.15, before 4.11.8 and before 4.12.2.
How to fix CVE-2020-10704
To remediate CVE-2020-10704, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.10.15-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.12.3+dfsg-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u3 or later
Is CVE-2020-10704 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 14.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.10.15-r0
- from 0, < 2:4.12.3+dfsg-2
- from 0, < 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |