CVE-2015-7540

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-12-16
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via crafted packets.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (samba4)	ELSA-2016-0010	2016-01-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (samba)	ELSA-2016-0006	2016-01-07