CVE-2020-27840
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27840
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27840.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 1:2.3.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:2.2.0-3.1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.