CVE-2016-0771

samba: Out-of-bounds read in internal DNS server

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 8, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.23, 4.2.x before 4.2.9, 4.3.x before 4.3.6, and 4.4.x before 4.4.0rc4, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified