{"id":"CVE-2015-7540","details":"The LDAP server in the AD domain controller in Samba 4.x before 4.1.22 does not check return values to ensure successful ASN.1 memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via crafted packets.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:14:02.373056Z","published":"2015-12-29T22:59:05Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:14:02.373056Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174076.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174391.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00033.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3433"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79736"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034492"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2855-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1288451"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-47"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-7540.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=530d50a1abdcdf4d1775652d4c456c1274d83d8d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9d989c9dd7a5b92d0c5d65287935471b83b6e884"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}