What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 12, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated