Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-0239

Description

The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.0.18 does not check the QR field in the header section of an incoming DNS message before sending a response, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged response packet that triggers a communication loop, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103.

Affected products

Samba (software)/Samba
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=4.0.0,<4.0.18

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/59579nvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/67691nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1030309nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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