VDB
CVE-2020-27840
CVE-2020-27840
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
A flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
EPSS 3.83% · 90.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
3.83%
90.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | ldb | 1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1, 1:1.1.24-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:1.1.24-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | ldb | 2:2.0.10-0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 2:2.0.10-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 2:2.0.8-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ldb | 2:1.1.21-1, 0, 2:1.1.20-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ldb | 0, 2:1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1, 2:1.2.3-1 |
Timeline
- Mar 24, 2021 CVE Published
- May 13, 2021 EPSS Score
- Sep 16, 2021 EPSS Score
- Nov 17, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 24, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 25, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 31, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27840 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4888-1 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4888-2 advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-27840.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27840 third-party-advisory