CVE-2018-1050

Description

All versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards are vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the RPC spoolss service is configured to be run as an external daemon. Missing input sanitization checks on some of the input parameters to spoolss RPC calls could cause the print spooler service to crash.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.55% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: Samba Samba
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3595-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103387 vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2613 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2612 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1883 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4135 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3595-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1860 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3056 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-07 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040493 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00024.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 third party advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-1050.html mitigation vendor advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03834en_us third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1538771 issue tracking third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180313-0001/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1050?
CVE-2018-1050 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1050?
To fix CVE-2018-1050, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1050 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1050 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~26% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-1050?
CVE-2018-1050 affects Samba Samba.
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