CVE-2019-14907

Public on 2020-01-21
Modified on 2020-11-16
Description
A flaw was found in samba. When log levels are set at 3 or higher, the string obtained from the client, after a failed character conversion, is printed which could cause long-lived processes to terminate. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 samba 2020-11-18 ALAS-2020-1452 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core samba 2020-10-27 ALAS2-2020-1544 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2019-14907 Mitre: CVE-2019-14907