SB2019022703 - Denial of service in Samba ldb



SB2019022703 - Denial of service in Samba ldb

Published: February 27, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019022703
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3824)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain perform denial of service attack or gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ldb_wildcard_compare() function in ldb_match.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted LDAP request to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform denial of service attack or read portions of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.