| Name | CVE-2018-10918 |
| Description | A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way samba checked database outputs from the LDB database layer. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash a samba server in an Active Directory Domain Controller configuration. Samba versions before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| samba (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u16 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u4 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:4.9.5+dfsg-5+deb10u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:4.13.13+dfsg-1~deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:4.17.12+dfsg-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 2:4.21.2+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 2:4.21.2+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| samba | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| samba | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| samba | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| samba | source | (unstable) | 2:4.8.4+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - samba <not-affected> (Only affects Samba 4.7.0 onwards)
[jessie] - samba <not-affected> (Only affects Samba 4.7.0 onwards)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.html
[wheezy] - samba <not-affected> (vulnerable code is not present)