CVE-2020-10730
samba: NULL pointer de-reference and use-after-free in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ, VLV and paged_results
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 2, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A NULL pointer dereference, or possible use-after-free flaw was found in the Samba AD LDAP server. Although some versions of Samba shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux do not support Samba in AD mode, the affected code is shipped with the libldb package. This flaw allows an authenticated user to possibly trigger a use-after-free or NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Statement
The version of samba shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 is built with a private copy of ldb which includes the vulnerable code. However, samba shipped with RHGS 3 is not supported for use as an AD DC and hence this issue has been rated as having a security impact of Low.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free