SB2019061960 - NULL pointer dereference in samba (Alpine package)



SB2019061960 - NULL pointer dereference in samba (Alpine package)

Published: June 19, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019061960
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12435)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the DNS management server (dnsserver) RPC pipe. A remote authenticated user can perform denial of service (DoS) attack against the AD DC server.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.