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Medium USN-3827-1 3 CVEs

samba vulnerabilities

Published Nov 27, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Florian Stuelpner discovered that Samba incorrectly handled CNAME records.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14629)

Alex MacCuish discovered that Samba incorrectly handled memory when
configured to accept smart-card authentication. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2018-16841)

Garming Sam discovered that Samba incorrectly handled memory when
processing LDAP searches. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16851)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.19
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.18
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS samba 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.5

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14629
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16841
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16851