CVE-2015-7540 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-7540 PUBLISHED

The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via crafted packets.

EPSS 43.30% · 97.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

43.30%

97.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	samba	0, 2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3, 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	samba	0, 2:4.1.17+dfsg-4ubuntu2, 2:4.1.20+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Timeline

Dec 16, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
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Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score
Nov 8, 2023 EPSS Score
Feb 3, 2024 EPSS Score
Mar 26, 2024 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7540 third-party-advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7540.html third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2855-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7540 third-party-advisory

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