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CVE-2020-14303

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and...

7.5 HighFix available

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.54%Up 1.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
CVE-2020-14303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-834
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
CVE-2020-14303
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-6455 No score

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
EUVD-2020-6455
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gm89-9qf3-7p24 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and...

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
GHSA-gm89-9qf3-7p24
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-834
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-14303 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-14303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
CVE-2020-14303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-14303 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-14303 7.5

A flaw was found in the AD DC NBT server in all Samba versions before 4.10.17, before 4.11.11 and before 4.12.4. A samba user could send an empty UDP packet to cause the samba server to crash.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14303
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0289 No score

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerability

Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Andrew Bartlett discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain LDAP queries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-10730).

Douglas Bagnall discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-10745).

Andrei Popa discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain LDAP queries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-10760).

The AD DC NBT server in Samba 4.0 will enter a CPU spin and not process further requests once it receives a empty (zero-length) UDP packet to port 137 (CVE-2020-14303).

Record
MGASA-2020-0289
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0984-1 No score

Security update for samba

This update for samba fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-10745: Fixed an issue which parsing and packing of NBT and DNS packets containing dots could potentially have consumed excessive CPU (bsc#1173160).
  • CVE-2020-14303: Fixed an endless loop when receiving at AD DC empty UDP packets (bsc#1173359).
  • CVE-2020-10730: Fixed a null de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined (bsc#1173159).
  • CVE-2020-10760: Fixed a use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV (bsc#1173161).
  • Added libnetapi-devel to baselibs conf, for wine usage (bsc#1172307).
  • Fixed an installing issue where samba - samba-ad-dc.service did not exist and unit was not found (bsc#1171437).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0984-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1023-1 No score

Security update for ldb, samba

This update for ldb, samba fixes the following issues:

Changes in samba:

  • Update to samba 4.11.11
    • CVE-2020-10730: NULL de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined; (bso#14364); (bsc#1173159]
    • CVE-2020-10745: invalid DNS or NBT queries containing dots use several seconds of CPU each; (bso#14378); (bsc#1173160).
    • CVE-2020-10760: Use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV; (bso#14402); (bsc#1173161)
    • CVE-2020-14303: Endless loop from empty UDP packet sent to AD DC nbt_server; (bso#14417); (bsc#1173359).
  • Update to samba 4.11.10
    • Fix segfault when using SMBC_opendir_ctx() routine for share folder that contains incorrect symbols in any file name; (bso#14374).
    • vfs_shadow_copy2 doesn't fail case looking in snapdirseverywhere mode; (bso#14350)
    • ldb_ldap: Fix off-by-one increment in lldb_add_msg_attr; (bso#14413).
    • Malicous SMB1 server can crash libsmbclient; (bso#14366)
    • winbindd: Fix a use-after-free when winbind clients exit; (bso#14382)
    • ldb: Bump version to 2.0.11, LMDB databases can grow without bounds. (bso#14330)
  • Update to samba 4.11.9
    • nmblib: Avoid undefined behaviour in handle_name_ptrs(); (bso#14242).
    • 'samba-tool group' commands do not handle group names with special chars correctly; (bso#14296).
    • smbd: avoid calling vfs_file_id_from_sbuf() if statinfo is not valid; (bso#14237).
    • Missing check for DMAPI offline status in async DOS attributes; (bso#14293).
    • smbd: Ignore set NTACL requests which contain S-1-5-88 NFS ACEs; (bso#14307).
    • vfs_recycle: Prevent flooding the log if we're called on non-existant paths; (bso#14316)
    • smbd mistakenly updates a file's write-time on close; (bso#14320).
    • RPC handles cannot be differentiated in source3 RPC server; (bso#14359).
    • librpc: Fix IDL for svcctl_ChangeServiceConfigW; (bso#14313).
    • nsswitch: Fix use-after-free causing segfault in _pam_delete_cred; (bso#14327).
    • Fix fruit:time machine max size on arm; (bso#13622)
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294).
    • ctdb: Fix a memleak; (bso#14348).
    • libsmb: Don't try to find posix stat info in SMBC_getatr().
    • ctdb-tcp: Move free of inbound queue to TCP restart; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • s3/librpc/crypto: Fix double free with unresolved credential cache; (bso#14344); (bsc#1169095)
    • s3:libads: Fix ads_get_upn(); (bso#14336).
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294)
    • Starting ctdb node that was powered off hard before results in recovery loop; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • ctdb-recoverd: Avoid dereferencing NULL rec->nodemap; (bso#14324)
  • Update to samba 4.11.8
    • CVE-2020-10700: Use-after-free in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ; (bso#14331); (bsc#1169850);
    • CVE-2020-10704: LDAP Denial of Service (stack overflow) in Samba AD DC; (bso#14334); (bsc#1169851);
  • Update to samba 4.11.7
    • s3: lib: nmblib. Clean up and harden nmb packet processing; (bso#14239).
    • s3: VFS: full_audit. Use system session_info if called from a temporary share definition; (bso#14283)
    • dsdb: Correctly handle memory in objectclass_attrs; (bso#14258).
    • ldb: version 2.0.9, Samba 4.11 and later give incorrect results for SCOPE_ONE searches; (bso#14270)
    • auth: Fix CIDs 1458418 and 1458420 Null pointer dereferences; (bso#14247).
    • smbd: Handle EINTR from open(2) properly; (bso#14285)
    • winbind member (source3) fails local SAM auth with empty domain name; (bso#14247)
    • winbindd: Handling missing idmap in getgrgid(); (bso#14265).
    • lib:util: Log mkdir error on correct debug levels; (bso#14253).
    • wafsamba: Do not use 'rU' as the 'U' is deprecated in Python 3.9; (bso#14266).
    • ctdb-tcp: Make error handling for outbound connection consistent; (bso#14274).
  • Update to samba…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1023-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1313-1 No score

Security update for ldb, samba

This update for ldb, samba fixes the following issues:

Changes in samba:

  • Update to samba 4.11.11
    • CVE-2020-10730: NULL de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined; (bso#14364); (bsc#1173159]
    • CVE-2020-10745: invalid DNS or NBT queries containing dots use several seconds of CPU each; (bso#14378); (bsc#1173160).
    • CVE-2020-10760: Use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV; (bso#14402); (bsc#1173161)
    • CVE-2020-14303: Endless loop from empty UDP packet sent to AD DC nbt_server; (bso#14417); (bsc#1173359).
  • Update to samba 4.11.10
    • Fix segfault when using SMBC_opendir_ctx() routine for share folder that contains incorrect symbols in any file name; (bso#14374).
    • vfs_shadow_copy2 doesn't fail case looking in snapdirseverywhere mode; (bso#14350)
    • ldb_ldap: Fix off-by-one increment in lldb_add_msg_attr; (bso#14413).
    • Malicous SMB1 server can crash libsmbclient; (bso#14366)
    • winbindd: Fix a use-after-free when winbind clients exit; (bso#14382)
    • ldb: Bump version to 2.0.11, LMDB databases can grow without bounds. (bso#14330)
  • Update to samba 4.11.9
    • nmblib: Avoid undefined behaviour in handle_name_ptrs(); (bso#14242).
    • 'samba-tool group' commands do not handle group names with special chars correctly; (bso#14296).
    • smbd: avoid calling vfs_file_id_from_sbuf() if statinfo is not valid; (bso#14237).
    • Missing check for DMAPI offline status in async DOS attributes; (bso#14293).
    • smbd: Ignore set NTACL requests which contain S-1-5-88 NFS ACEs; (bso#14307).
    • vfs_recycle: Prevent flooding the log if we're called on non-existant paths; (bso#14316)
    • smbd mistakenly updates a file's write-time on close; (bso#14320).
    • RPC handles cannot be differentiated in source3 RPC server; (bso#14359).
    • librpc: Fix IDL for svcctl_ChangeServiceConfigW; (bso#14313).
    • nsswitch: Fix use-after-free causing segfault in _pam_delete_cred; (bso#14327).
    • Fix fruit:time machine max size on arm; (bso#13622)
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294).
    • ctdb: Fix a memleak; (bso#14348).
    • libsmb: Don't try to find posix stat info in SMBC_getatr().
    • ctdb-tcp: Move free of inbound queue to TCP restart; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • s3/librpc/crypto: Fix double free with unresolved credential cache; (bso#14344); (bsc#1169095)
    • s3:libads: Fix ads_get_upn(); (bso#14336).
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294)
    • Starting ctdb node that was powered off hard before results in recovery loop; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • ctdb-recoverd: Avoid dereferencing NULL rec->nodemap; (bso#14324)
  • Update to samba 4.11.8
    • CVE-2020-10700: Use-after-free in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ; (bso#14331); (bsc#1169850);
    • CVE-2020-10704: LDAP Denial of Service (stack overflow) in Samba AD DC; (bso#14334); (bsc#1169851);
  • Update to samba 4.11.7
    • s3: lib: nmblib. Clean up and harden nmb packet processing; (bso#14239).
    • s3: VFS: full_audit. Use system session_info if called from a temporary share definition; (bso#14283)
    • dsdb: Correctly handle memory in objectclass_attrs; (bso#14258).
    • ldb: version 2.0.9, Samba 4.11 and later give incorrect results for SCOPE_ONE searches; (bso#14270)
    • auth: Fix CIDs 1458418 and 1458420 Null pointer dereferences; (bso#14247).
    • smbd: Handle EINTR from open(2) properly; (bso#14285)
    • winbind member (source3) fails local SAM auth with empty domain name; (bso#14247)
    • winbindd: Handling missing idmap in getgrgid(); (bso#14265).
    • lib:util: Log mkdir error on correct debug levels; (bso#14253).
    • wafsamba: Do not use 'rU' as the 'U' is deprecated in Python 3.9; (bso#14266).
    • ctdb-tcp: Make error handling for outbound connection consistent; (bso#14274).
  • Update to samba…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1313-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1 No score

ctdb-4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ctdb-4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1913-1 No score

Security update for samba

This update for samba fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-10745: Fixed an issue which parsing and packing of NBT and DNS packets containing dots could potentially have consumed excessive CPU (bsc#1173160).
  • CVE-2020-14303: Fixed an endless loop when receiving at AD DC empty UDP packets (bsc#1173359).
  • CVE-2020-10730: Fixed a null de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined (bsc#1173159).
  • CVE-2020-10760: Fixed a use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV (bsc#1173161).
  • Added libnetapi-devel to baselibs conf, for wine usage (bsc#1172307).
  • Fixed an installing issue where samba - samba-ad-dc.service did not exist and unit was not found (bsc#1171437).
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1913-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:1948-1 No score

Security update for ldb, samba

This update for ldb, samba fixes the following issues:

Changes in samba:

  • Update to samba 4.11.11
    • CVE-2020-10730: NULL de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined; (bso#14364); (bsc#1173159]
    • CVE-2020-10745: invalid DNS or NBT queries containing dots use several seconds of CPU each; (bso#14378); (bsc#1173160).
    • CVE-2020-10760: Use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV; (bso#14402); (bsc#1173161)
    • CVE-2020-14303: Endless loop from empty UDP packet sent to AD DC nbt_server; (bso#14417); (bsc#1173359).
  • Update to samba 4.11.10
    • Fix segfault when using SMBC_opendir_ctx() routine for share folder that contains incorrect symbols in any file name; (bso#14374).
    • vfs_shadow_copy2 doesn't fail case looking in snapdirseverywhere mode; (bso#14350)
    • ldb_ldap: Fix off-by-one increment in lldb_add_msg_attr; (bso#14413).
    • Malicous SMB1 server can crash libsmbclient; (bso#14366)
    • winbindd: Fix a use-after-free when winbind clients exit; (bso#14382)
    • ldb: Bump version to 2.0.11, LMDB databases can grow without bounds. (bso#14330)
  • Update to samba 4.11.9
    • nmblib: Avoid undefined behaviour in handle_name_ptrs(); (bso#14242).
    • 'samba-tool group' commands do not handle group names with special chars correctly; (bso#14296).
    • smbd: avoid calling vfs_file_id_from_sbuf() if statinfo is not valid; (bso#14237).
    • Missing check for DMAPI offline status in async DOS attributes; (bso#14293).
    • smbd: Ignore set NTACL requests which contain S-1-5-88 NFS ACEs; (bso#14307).
    • vfs_recycle: Prevent flooding the log if we're called on non-existant paths; (bso#14316)
    • smbd mistakenly updates a file's write-time on close; (bso#14320).
    • RPC handles cannot be differentiated in source3 RPC server; (bso#14359).
    • librpc: Fix IDL for svcctl_ChangeServiceConfigW; (bso#14313).
    • nsswitch: Fix use-after-free causing segfault in _pam_delete_cred; (bso#14327).
    • Fix fruit:time machine max size on arm; (bso#13622)
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294).
    • ctdb: Fix a memleak; (bso#14348).
    • libsmb: Don't try to find posix stat info in SMBC_getatr().
    • ctdb-tcp: Move free of inbound queue to TCP restart; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • s3/librpc/crypto: Fix double free with unresolved credential cache; (bso#14344); (bsc#1169095)
    • s3:libads: Fix ads_get_upn(); (bso#14336).
    • CTDB recovery corner cases can cause record resurrection and node banning; (bso#14294)
    • Starting ctdb node that was powered off hard before results in recovery loop; (bso#14295); (bsc#1162680).
    • ctdb-recoverd: Avoid dereferencing NULL rec->nodemap; (bso#14324)
  • Update to samba 4.11.8
    • CVE-2020-10700: Use-after-free in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ; (bso#14331); (bsc#1169850);
    • CVE-2020-10704: LDAP Denial of Service (stack overflow) in Samba AD DC; (bso#14334); (bsc#1169851);
  • Update to samba 4.11.7
    • s3: lib: nmblib. Clean up and harden nmb packet processing; (bso#14239).
    • s3: VFS: full_audit. Use system session_info if called from a temporary share definition; (bso#14283)
    • dsdb: Correctly handle memory in objectclass_attrs; (bso#14258).
    • ldb: version 2.0.9, Samba 4.11 and later give incorrect results for SCOPE_ONE searches; (bso#14270)
    • auth: Fix CIDs 1458418 and 1458420 Null pointer dereferences; (bso#14247).
    • smbd: Handle EINTR from open(2) properly; (bso#14285)
    • winbind member (source3) fails local SAM auth with empty domain name; (bso#14247)
    • winbindd: Handling missing idmap in getgrgid(); (bso#14265).
    • lib:util: Log mkdir error on correct debug levels; (bso#14253).
    • wafsamba: Do not use 'rU' as the 'U' is deprecated in Python 3.9; (bso#14266).
    • ctdb-tcp: Make error handling for outbound connection consistent; (bso#14274).
  • Update to samba…
Record
SUSE-SU-2020:1948-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:2673-1 No score

Security update for samba

This update for samba to version 4.10.17 fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed net command unable to negotiate SMB2; (bsc#1174120);

  • Update to 4.10.17

    • CVE-2020-10745: Invalid DNS or NBT queries containing dots use several seconds of CPU each; (bso#14378); (bsc#1173160).
    • CVE-2020-10730: NULL de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined; (bso#14364); (bsc#1173159).
    • CVE-2020-10760: Fix use-after-free in AD DC Global Catalog LDAP server with paged_result or VLV; (bso#14402); (1173161).
    • CVE-2020-14303: Fix endless loop from empty UDP packet sent to AD DC nbt_server; (bso#14417); (bsc#1173359).
    • CVE-2020-10730: NULL de-reference in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and VLV combined, ldb: Bump version to 1.5.8; (bso#14364); (bsc#1173159).
  • Update to 4.10.16 s3: lib: Paranoia around use of snprintf copying into a fixed-size buffer from a getenv() pointer. lib:util: Fix smbclient -l basename dir; (bso#14345). Malicous SMB1 server can crash libsmbclient; (bso#14366). s3:libads: Fix ads_get_upn(); (bso#14336). docs-xml: Fix usernames in pam_winbind manpages; (bso#14358). Client tools are not able to read gencache anymore since 4.10; (bso#14370).

  • Update to 4.10.15

    • CVE-2020-10700: Fix use-after-free in AD DC LDAP server when ASQ and paged_results combined; (bso#14331); (bsc#1169850).
    • CVE-2020-10704: Fix LDAP Denial of Service (stack overflow) in Samba AD DC; (bso#20454); (bsc#1169851).
  • Update to 4.10.14 s3: lib: nmblib. Clean up and harden nmb packet processing; (bso#14239). s3: VFS: full_audit. Use system session_info if called from a temporary share definition; (bso#14283). nmblib: Avoid undefined behaviour in handle_name_ptrs(); (bso#20193). dsdb: Correctly handle memory in objectclass_attrs; (bso#14258). auth: Fix CID 1458418 Null pointer dereferences (REVERSE_INULL), auth: Fix CID 1458420 Null pointer dereferences (REVERSE_INULL); (bso#14247). winbind member (source3) fails local SAM auth with empty domain name; (bso#14247). winbindd: Handling missing idmap in getgrgid(); (bso#14265). lib:util: Log mkdir error on correct debug levels; (bso#14253). wafsamba: Do not use 'rU' as the 'U' is deprecated in Python 3.9; (bso#14266). ctdb-tcp: Make error handling for outbound connection consistent; (bso#14274). Starting ctdb node that was powered off hard before results in recovery loop; (bso#14295).

  • Update to 4.10.13 s3: libsmb: Ensure SMB1 cli_qpathinfo2() doesn't return an inode number; (bso#14161). s3: utils: smbtree. Ensure we don't call cli_RNetShareEnum() on an SMB1 connection; (bso#14174). s3: libsmb: Ensure return from net_share_enum_rpc() sets cli->raw_status on error; (bso#14176). s3: smbd: SMB2 - Ensure we use the correct session_id if encrypting an interim response; (bso#14189). s3: smbd: Only set xconn->smb1.negprot.done = true after supported_protocols[protocol].proto_reply_fn() succeeds; (bso#14205). pygpo: Use correct method flags; (bso#14209). s3: Remove now unneeded call to cmdline_messaging_context(); (bso#13925). Incomplete conversion of former parametric options; (bso#14069). Fix sync dosmode fallback in async dosmode codepath; (bso#14070). vfs_fruit returns capped resource fork length; (bso#14171). s3:printing: Fix %J substition; (bso#13745). libnet_join: Add SPNs for additional-dns-hostnames entries; (bso#14116). Avoiding bad call flags with python 3.8, using METH_NOARGS instead of zero; (bso#14209). docs-xml/winbindnssinfo: Clarify interaction with idmap_ad etc; (bso#14122). ctdb-tcp: Close inflight connecting TCP sockets after fork; (bso#14175). s4:dirsync: Fix interaction of dirsync and extended_dn controls; (bso#14153). upgradedns: Ensure lmdb lock files linked; (bso#14199). s3: VFS: glusterfs: Reset nlinks for symlink entries during …

Record
SUSE-SU-2020:2673-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4454-1 No score

samba vulnerability

Martin von Wittich and Wilko Meyer discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain empty UDP packets when being used as a AD DC NBT server. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
USN-4454-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4454-2 No score

samba vulnerability

USN-4454-1 fixed a vulnerability in Samba. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Martin von Wittich and Wilko Meyer discovered that Samba incorrectly handled certain empty UDP packets when being used as a AD DC NBT server. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Samba to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
USN-4454-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba
Alpine:v3.10
4.10.0 up to 4.10.17-r0
4.10.17-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.11
4.10.0 up to 4.11.14-r0
4.11.14-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.12
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.13
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.14
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.15
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.16
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.17
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.18
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.19
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba
Alpine:v3.20
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.21
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.22
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.23
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Alpine:v3.24
4.10.0 up to 4.12.5-r0
4.12.5-r0
samba
Debian:12
before 2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
samba
Debian:13
before 2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
samba
Debian:14
before 2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
2:4.12.5+dfsg-1
samba
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u3, plus listed versions
2:4.5.12+dfsg-12:4.5.12+dfsg-22:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u12:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u22:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u3
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2:4.5.12+dfsg-2+deb9u42:4.5.16+dfsg-12:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u12:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u22:4.5.8+dfsg-22:4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u12:4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u2
2:4.5.16+dfsg-1+deb9u3
ldb
Mageia:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.5.8-1.mga7
1.5.8-1.mga7
samba
Mageia:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.10.17-1.mga7
4.10.17-1.mga7
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
samba
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-3.38.1
ldb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 2.0.12-3.3.1
2.0.12-3.3.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-4.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
ldb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 1.5.8-3.5.1
1.5.8-3.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
ldb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 1.5.8-3.5.1
1.5.8-3.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
ldb
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 1.5.8-3.5.1
1.5.8-3.5.1
samba
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
samba
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm8, plus listed versions
2:3.6.18-1ubuntu32:4.0.10+dfsg-4ubuntu22:4.0.13+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu22:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu3
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2:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu42:4.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu52:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu22:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.12:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.22:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.32:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.42:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.52:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.72:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.82:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.92:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.112:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.122:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.132:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.22:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.32:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.12:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.22:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.32:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.42:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.62:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.72:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.82:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.92:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.102:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.112:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.122:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.132:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.142:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.162:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.172:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.192:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.202:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm12:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm22:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm32:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm42:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm62:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm7
2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm8
samba
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.29, plus listed versions
2:4.1.17+dfsg-4ubuntu22:4.1.20+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.1.20+dfsg-1ubuntu22:4.1.20+dfsg-1ubuntu32:4.1.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
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2:4.3.3+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.3.3+dfsg-1ubuntu22:4.3.3+dfsg-1ubuntu32:4.3.6+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu12:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.12:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.22:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.32:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.12:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.32:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.52:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.62:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.72:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.82:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.92:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.102:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.112:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.122:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.132:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.152:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.162:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.172:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.182:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.192:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.202:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.212:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.232:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.242:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.252:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.262:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.272:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.28
2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.29
samba
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.18, plus listed versions
2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu32:4.7.1+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu1
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2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu22:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.22:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.42:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.52:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.62:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.72:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.92:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.102:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.112:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.132:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.142:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.152:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.162:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.17
2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.18
samba
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.4, plus listed versions
2:4.10.7+dfsg-0ubuntu22:4.10.7+dfsg-0ubuntu32:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu12:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu22:4.11.1+dfsg-3ubuntu4
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2:4.11.5+dfsg-1ubuntu12:4.11.5+dfsg-1ubuntu22:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu12:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.12:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.22:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.3
2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.4
samba
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-lp151.2.27.1
4.9.5+git.343.4bc358522a9-lp151.2.27.1
ldb
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 2.0.12-lp152.2.3.1
2.0.12-lp152.2.3.1
samba
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-lp152.3.3.1
4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-lp152.3.3.1
ldb
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 2.0.12-lp152.2.6.1
2.0.12-lp152.2.6.1
samba
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-lp152.3.6.1
4.11.11+git.180.2cf3b203f07-lp152.3.6.1
samba
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 66 CVEs
before 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1
4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-14303 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Samba, published July 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.54%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in samba 4.10.17-r0.

References

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Left out here: the rest of 4 source descriptions. The JSON record has them.

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