CVE-2020-27840

Published: May 12, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A flaw was found in samba. Spaces used in a string around a domain name (DN), while supposed to be ignored, can cause invalid DN strings with spaces to instead write a zero-byte into out-of-bounds memory, resulting in a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected (8)

Products: Samba: Samba · Debian: Debian Linux · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Samba Samba	From 4.0.0 to 4.12.13
Samba Samba	From 4.13.0 to 4.13.6
Samba Samba	From 4.14.0 to 4.14.1

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 32
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 33
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 34

Related CWEs

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (18)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941400

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00036.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLZ74IF2N75VQSIHBL4B3P5WKWQCXSRY/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5J3B6PN5XMXF3OHYBNHDKZ3XFSUGY4L/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXP3ONIY6MB4C5LDZV4YL5KJCES3UX24/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-22

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0007/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4884

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-27840.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941400

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00036.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLZ74IF2N75VQSIHBL4B3P5WKWQCXSRY/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5J3B6PN5XMXF3OHYBNHDKZ3XFSUGY4L/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZXP3ONIY6MB4C5LDZV4YL5KJCES3UX24/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-22

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210326-0007/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4884

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-27840.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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