CVE-2016-0771
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-03-13 22:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e68ccbf0201e51702c1908fa604fd408b109d88fb44d8246855546364fe68cad
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0813http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00063.html
- www.samba.orghttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-0771.html
- bugzilla.samba.orghttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11128
- bugzilla.samba.orghttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11686
- www.securityfocus.com84273http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84273
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2922-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2922-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3514http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3514
- www.securitytracker.com1035219http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035219
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- samba Fixed in 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- samba Fixed in 2:4.3.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.