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CVE-2020-10700

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way samba AD DC LDAP servers, handled 'Paged Results' control is combined with the 'ASQ' control. A malicious user in a samba AD could use this flaw to cause denial of service. This issue affects all samba versions before 4.10.15, before 4.11.8 and before 4.12.2.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network but requires specific conditions to be met though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 3 products from samba, from fedoraproject, from opensuse organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-05-04T21:15:11.820

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:55:52.917

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-416
Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	samba	samba	< 4.10.15	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 4.11.8	Yes
Application	samba	samba	< 4.12.2	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	30	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	31	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	32	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10700 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5KW3ZO35NVDO57JSBZHTQZOS3AIQ5QE/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WG54NRMES2GTURZKZH6H4BGXCD3OMJDJ/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y7DVGCHG3XPIBQ5ETGMGW7MXNOO4HFH4/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-15 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-10700.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10700 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5KW3ZO35NVDO57JSBZHTQZOS3AIQ5QE/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WG54NRMES2GTURZKZH6H4BGXCD3OMJDJ/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y7DVGCHG3XPIBQ5ETGMGW7MXNOO4HFH4/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-15 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-10700.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For samba's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.