CVE-2018-16852
samba: NULL pointer de-reference in Samba AD DC DNS management server
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · November 20, 2018
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the Samba DNS Management server when used as an Active Directory Domain Controller. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Statement
This flaw does not affect the version of samba shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux because there is no support for samba as Active Directory Domain Controller.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference