CVE-2016-0771
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record.
Find out more about CVE-2016-0771 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba4 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the samba project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Garming Sam and Douglas Bagnall as the original reporters of this issue.External References
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