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CVE-2018-16852 (GCVE-0-2018-16852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-28 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
VLAI
Summary
Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer de-reference. During the processing of an DNS zone in the DNS management DCE/RPC server, the internal DNS server or the Samba DLZ plugin for BIND9, if the DSPROPERTY_ZONE_MASTER_SERVERS property or DSPROPERTY_ZONE_SCAVENGING_SERVERS property is set, the server will follow a NULL pointer and terminate. There is no further vulnerability associated with this issue, merely a denial of service.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
[UNKNOWN] samba Affected: 4.9.3
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Date Public
2018-11-27 00:00
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