CVE-2018-14629

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-28 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Samba's LDAP server before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7, and 4.9.3. A CNAME loop could lead to infinite recursion in the server. An unprivileged local attacker could create such an entry, leading to denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 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
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 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
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Samba - Security Announcement Archive CONFIRM www.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1607-1] samba security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4345-1 samba DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3827-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3827-2: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
106022 BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
November 2018 Samba Vulnerabilities in NetApp StorageGRID Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Samba: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1625449 – (CVE-2018-14629) CVE-2018-14629 samba: Unprivileged adding of CNAME record causing loop in AD LDAP server CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500635 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
  • 504399 Alpine Linux Security Update for samba
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