Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16852
CVE-2018-16852
Description
Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer de-reference. During the processing of an DNS zone in the DNS management DCE/RPC server, the internal DNS server or the Samba DLZ plugin for BIND9, if the DSPROPERTY_ZONE_MASTER_SERVERS property or DSPROPERTY_ZONE_SCAVENGING_SERVERS property is set, the server will follow a NULL pointer and terminate. There is no further vulnerability associated with this issue, merely a denial of service.
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Affected products
4ldb-1.4.3, samba-4.9.0, samba-4.9.1, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: ldb-1.4.3, samba-4.9.0, samba-4.9.1, …
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.9.0,<4.9.3
- (no CPE)range: 4.9.0 <= x < 4.9.3
- osv-coordsRange: < 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16852.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106024nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52nvd
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