CVE-2018-10918

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-10918
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-22 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:33:00 UTC
DescriptionA null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way samba checked database outputs from the LDB database layer. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a samba server in an Active Directory Domain Controller configuration. Samba versions before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3738-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1610640 – (CVE-2018-10918) CVE-2018-10918 samba: DsCrackNames on a user without an SPN can trigger NULL-pointer de-reference CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
August 2018 Samba Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Samba CVE-2018-10918 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500636 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504400 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
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