Upstream information

CVE-2015-7540 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

Note from the SUSE Security Team

We are not shipping the Samba LDAP server in SUSE Linux Enterprise up to now, so it is not affected by this problem.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 958580 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

SUSE Security Advisories:

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 samba Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 samba Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 samba Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 samba Not affected