CVE-2018-10918
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CVE-2018-10918 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.2/10 on the CVSS scale. A 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. EPSS estimates a 2.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A 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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Samba | Samba | >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.9 |
| Samba | Samba | >= 4.8.0, < 4.8.4 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10918Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3738-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10918Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3738-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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