SB20200716145 - NULL pointer dereference in samba (Alpine package)
Published: July 16, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB20200716145
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10730)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ, VLV and paged_results. A remote authenticated user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by triggering a NULL pointer dereference or us-after-free error.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.