CVE-2015-7540

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-12-16

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.

See more information about CVE-2015-7540 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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