Medium severity5.2NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10918
CVE-2018-10918
Description
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way samba checked database outputs from the LDB database layer. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a samba server in an Active Directory Domain Controller configuration. Samba versions before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.
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Affected products
5- Range: <4.7.9 || >=4.8.0 <4.8.4
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015
< 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.8+git.86.94b6d10f7dd-4.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.8+git.86.94b6d10f7dd-4.15.1
- The Samba Team/sambav5Range: 4.7.9
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References
6- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105083nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3738-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52nvd
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