CVE-2018-1140

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1140
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-22 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA missing input sanitization flaw was found in the implementation of LDP database used for the LDAP server. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service against a samba server, used as a Active Directory Domain Controller. All versions of Samba from 4.8.0 onwards are vulnerable

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 13374 – [SECURITY] CVE-2018-1140 ldbsearch '(distinguishedName=abc)' and DNS query with escapes crashes CONFIRM bugzilla.samba.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1580230 – (CVE-2018-1140) CVE-2018-1140 libldb: LDAP server crash via distinguishedName CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, 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: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Samba CVE-2018-1140 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500280 Alpine Linux Security Update for ldb
  • 500636 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504045 Alpine Linux Security Update for ldb
  • 504400 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
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