Description
The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.0.18 does not check the QR field in the header section of an incoming DNS message before sending a response, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged response packet that triggers a communication loop, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103.
Published: 2014-05-28
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 22.2% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0277 The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.0.18 does not check the QR field in the header section of an incoming DNS message before sending a response, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged response packet that triggers a communication loop, a related issue to CVE-1999-0103.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2257-1 Samba vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:39.369Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0239

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-28T04:58:32.750

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0239

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-05-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0239 - Bugzilla

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