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CNVD-2015-08517

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2015-12-31

Title

Samba拒绝服务漏洞（CNVD-2015-08517）

Description

Samba是一套实现SMB（Server Messages Block）协议、跨平台进行文件共享和打印共享服务的程序。 Samba 4.1.22之前的4.x版本, 4.2.7之前的4.2.x版本, 4.3.3之前的4.3.x版本存在拒绝服务漏洞。由于错误处理某些零值，允许远程攻击者利用特制的数据包造成拒绝服务攻击。

Severity

中

Patch Name

Samba拒绝服务漏洞（CNVD-2015-08517）的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

用户可联系供应商获得补丁信息： https://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html

Reference

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-3223.html

Impacted products

Name
['Samba Samba 4.x(<4.1.22)', 'Samba Samba 4.2.x(<4.2.7)', 'Samba Samba 4.3.x(< 4.3.3)']

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CVE-2015-3223 (GCVE-0-2015-3223)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39

Summary

The ldb_wildcard_compare function in ldb_match.c in ldb before 1.1.24, as used in the AD LDAP server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, mishandles certain zero values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

19 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290287	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-3223.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2856-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79731	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2015-12-16 00:00

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              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-3433",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=aa6c27148b9d3f8c1e4fdd5dd46bfecbbd0ca465",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=aa6c27148b9d3f8c1e4fdd5dd46bfecbbd0ca465"
            },
            {
              "name": "GLSA-201612-47",
              "refsource": "GENTOO",
              "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47"
            },
            {
              "name": "USN-2855-1",
              "refsource": "UBUNTU",
              "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1"
            },
            {
              "name": "openSUSE-SU-2015:2356",
              "refsource": "SUSE",
              "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
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    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2015-3223",
    "datePublished": "2015-12-29T22:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2015-04-10T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T05:39:32.055Z",
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}

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CNVD-2015-08517

CVE-2015-3223 (GCVE-0-2015-3223)

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