USN-2856-1

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    USN-2856-1

    Published: 5 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ldb vulnerabilities

    Details: Thilo Uttendorfer discovered that the ldb incorrectly handled certain zero values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using ldb, such as Samba, to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3223) Douglas Bagnall discovered that ldb incorrectly handled certain string lengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly access sensitive information from memory of applications using ldb, such as Samba. (CVE-2015-5330)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2856-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3223, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5330

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ldb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ldb@1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:1.1.15-1.1
    1:1.1.16-1

    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