CVE-2016-0771

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    CVE-2016-0771

    Published: 13 Mar 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00063.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84273, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035219, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3514, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1, https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-0771.html, https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11128, https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11686

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- df33344d8eb40221d60c99931690703a11d91bc2
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.0
    4.0.1
    4.0.10
    4.0.11
    4.0.12
    4.0.13
    4.0.14
    4.0.15
    4.0.16
    4.0.17
    4.0.18
    4.0.19
    4.0.2
    4.0.20
    4.0.21
    4.0.22
    4.0.23
    4.0.24
    4.0.3
    4.0.4
    4.0.5
    4.0.6
    4.0.7
    4.0.8
    4.0.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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