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CVE-2023-42670

samba: AD DC Busy RPC multiple listener DoS

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 10, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Samba. It is susceptible to a vulnerability where multiple incompatible RPC listeners can be initiated, causing disruptions in the AD DC service. When Samba's RPC server experiences a high load or unresponsiveness, servers intended for non-AD DC purposes (for example, NT4-emulation "classic DCs") can erroneously start and compete for the same unix domain sockets. This issue leads to partial query responses from the AD DC, causing issues such as "The procedure number is out of range" when using tools like Active Directory Users. This flaw allows an attacker to disrupt AD DC services.

Statement

The Samba package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8 and 9 and Red Hat Gluster Storage is not affected by this issue as Red Hat doesn't provide the AD Domain Controller capability with it.

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 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption