ghsa-36xh-w73j-574g
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:02
Modified
2022-05-24 19:02
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-27840"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-12T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-36xh-w73j-574g",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:02:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:02:13Z",
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941400"
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00036.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLZ74IF2N75VQSIHBL4B3P5WKWQCXSRY"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5J3B6PN5XMXF3OHYBNHDKZ3XFSUGY4L"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0007"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4884"
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