CVE-2019-12435 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A NULL pointer dereference in the Samba AD DC DNS server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-12435?

CVE-2019-12435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 19 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Samba 4.9.x before 4.9.9 and 4.10.x before 4.10.5 has a NULL pointer dereference, leading to Denial of Service. This is related to the AD DC DNS management server (dnsserver) RPC server process.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12435?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (5)
samba SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6All versions4.9.5+git.176.375e1f05788-3.6.1
samba SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1All versions4.9.5+git.176.375e1f05788-3.6.1
samba SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1All versions4.9.5+git.176.375e1f05788-3.6.1
samba SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP1All versions4.9.5+git.176.375e1f05788-3.6.1
samba openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions4.9.5+git.176.375e1f05788-lp151.2.3.1

Products include Samba Samba.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12435?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-12435 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12435 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-12435, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12435, ECHO-04d0-db7e-8e8f, GHSA-8gjg-6f8w-gvhc, SUSE-SU-2019:1574-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1574-2 and 1 more.

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