USN-3827-1

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    USN-3827-1

    Published: 27 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: samba vulnerabilities

    Details: Florian Stuelpner discovered that Samba incorrectly handled CNAME records. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14629) Alex MacCuish discovered that Samba incorrectly handled memory when configured to accept smart-card authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16841) Garming Sam discovered that Samba incorrectly handled memory when processing LDAP searches. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16851)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3827-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14629, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16841, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16851

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.19?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.19

    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