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CVE-2020-27840

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CVE-2020-27840

Published: May 12, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

samba

affected
samba 4.14.1, samba 4.13.6, samba 4.12.13

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FEDORA-2021-c2d8628d33
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-4884
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
FEDORA-2021-1a8e93a285
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2021-c93a3a5d3f
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202105-22
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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