{"id":"USN-2856-1","summary":"ldb vulnerabilities","details":"Thilo Uttendorfer discovered that the ldb incorrectly handled certain zero\nvalues. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using\nldb, such as Samba, to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2015-3223)\n\nDouglas Bagnall discovered that ldb incorrectly handled certain string\nlengths. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly access\nsensitive information from memory of applications using ldb, such as Samba.\n(CVE-2015-5330)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:56Z","published":"2016-01-05T18:45:51Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3223","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5330"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-3223","CVE-2015-5330","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3223","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5330"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2856-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3223"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5330"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ldb","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ldb@1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:1.1.15-1.1","1:1.1.16-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ldb-tools","binary_version":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libldb-dev","binary_version":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libldb1","binary_version":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python-ldb","binary_version":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python-ldb-dev","binary_version":"1:1.1.16-1ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-3223","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2015-5330","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2856-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}