SB2018112821 - Denial of service in samba (Alpine package)
Published: November 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112821
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16853)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to use of experimental MIT Kerberos build of the Samba AD DC. A remote attacker can crash the KDC when Samba is built in the non-default MIT Kerberos configuration.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.