SB2020111017 - NULL pointer dereference in samba (Alpine package)
Published: November 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020111017
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14323)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing requests in winbind in Samba. A remote user can send specially crafted request to winbind daemon, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and crash it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.