# CVE-2018-10918: A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way samba checked database outputs from the LDB database layer.

- Severity: CVSS 5.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- The Samba Team samba: 4.7.9, 4.8.4

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Samba Team samba, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-10918.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10918
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3738-1/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180814-0001/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105083
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52

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