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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-1140
A missing input sanitization flaw was found in the implementation...
Vulnerability Description
A missing input sanitization flaw was found in the implementation of LDP database used for the LDAP server. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service against a samba server, used as a Active Directory Domain Controller. All versions of Samba from 4.8.0 onwards are vulnerable
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13374
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-1140.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105082
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1140
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
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Affected Vendor
The Samba Team
View all reports →Affected Software
samba
Vulnerable Versions:
4.8.0 and newer
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 22nd, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H