CVE-2015-3223

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The ldb_wildcard_compare function in ldb_match.c in ldb before 1.1.24, as used in the AD LDAP server in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22, 4.2.x before 4.2.7, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3, mishandles certain zero values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted packets.

Affected products

Samba: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+51)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79731
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034493
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1

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