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High severity · published Dec 29, 2015
CVE-2015-7540
The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to…
7.5
CVSS
7.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.1% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
SA
Samba · Samba
4.0.0 before 4.1.22 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
Affected product
UL
Ubuntu Linux
Canonical
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7540
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79736
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