CVE-2015-7540
The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via crafted packets.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| samba / samba | 4.0.0 | 4.1.22 |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 15.10 | 15.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 15.04 | 15.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034492
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288451
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=530d50a1abdcdf4d1775652d4c456c1274d83d8d
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=9d989c9dd7a5b92d0c5d65287935471b83b6e884
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=530d50a1abdcdf4d1775652d4c456c1274d83d8d
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9d989c9dd7a5b92d0c5d65287935471b83b6e884
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7540.html
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