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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024

CVE-2020-27840

CVE-2020-27840

Description

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.

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