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Unscored USN-4454-2 1 CVE

samba vulnerability

Published Aug 10, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4454-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Martin von Wittich and Wilko Meyer discovered that Samba incorrectly
handled certain empty UDP packets when being used as a AD DC NBT server. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14303