CVE-2020-27840
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27840
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-27840.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-27840
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-05-12T15:15:07Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T04:33:59Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
- References
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941400
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-22
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0007/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4884
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-27840.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLZ74IF2N75VQSIHBL4B3P5WKWQCXSRY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5J3B6PN5XMXF3OHYBNHDKZ3XFSUGY4L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXP3ONIY6MB4C5LDZV4YL5KJCES3UX24/