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CVE-2021-3671 (GCVE-0-2021-3671)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
VLAI
Summary
A null pointer de-reference was found in the way samba kerberos server handled missing sname in TGS-REQ (Ticket Granting Server - Request). An authenticated user could use this flaw to crash the samba server.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Samba Affected: Fixed in samba 4.13.12, samba 4.14.8
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