SB20200716146 - Resource exhaustion in samba (Alpine package) 



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

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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.