UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0244

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0244

    Published: 23 Jun 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0244
    Aliases:
    USN-2257-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sys_recvfrom function in nmbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed UDP packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0244, http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2257-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0244

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3

    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