SB20200716146 - Resource exhaustion in samba (Alpine package)
Published: July 16, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB20200716146
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10745)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing NBT and DNS replies. A remote attacker can send a name in the reply to a NBT or DNS request and consume excessive CPU resources, resulting in denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.