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CVE-2020-14303

Excessive Iteration

Published: Jul 06, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14303
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/834.html

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Weakness

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SambaSamba4.10.0 (including)4.10.17 (excluding)
SambaSamba4.11.0 (including)4.11.11 (excluding)
SambaSamba4.12.0 (including)4.12.4 (excluding)
SambaUbuntubionic*
SambaUbuntudevel*
SambaUbuntueoan*
SambaUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
SambaUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
SambaUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
SambaUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
SambaUbuntufocal*
SambaUbuntutrusty*
SambaUbuntutrusty/esm*
SambaUbuntuxenial*

References

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