3.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2018-16852

Published: 28/11/2018 Updated: 09/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 6.8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.4 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 0.7
VMScore: 312
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer de-reference. During the processing of an DNS zone in the DNS management DCE/RPC server, the internal DNS server or the Samba DLZ plugin for BIND9, if the DSPROPERTY_ZONE_MASTER_SERVERS property or DSPROPERTY_ZONE_SCAVENGING_SERVERS property is set, the server will follow a NULL pointer and terminate. There is no further vulnerability associated with this issue, merely a denial of service.

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