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CVE-2022-32746 (GCVE-0-2022-32746)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 07:46
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Summary
A flaw was found in the Samba AD LDAP server. The AD DC database audit logging module can access LDAP message values freed by a preceding database module, resulting in a use-after-free issue. This issue is only possible when modifying certain privileged attributes, such as userAccountControl.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a samba Affected: Versions prior to samba 4.16.4, samba 4.15.9, samba 4.14.14
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