A flaw was found in samba's DNS server. An authenticated user could use this flaw to the RPC server to crash. This RPC server, which also serves protocols other than dnsserver, will be restarted after a short delay, but it is easy for an authenticated non administrative attacker to crash it again as soon as it returns. The Samba DNS server itself will continue to operate, but many RPC services will not.
CVE-2020-14383
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 80.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 2, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892636
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html
- secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24
- secalert@redhathttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14383.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892636
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14383.html
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | winbind (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.32) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | winbind (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.20+esm11) @ trusty | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-143832024-10-15
A flaw was found in samba's DNS server. An authenticated user could use this flaw to the RPC server to crash. This RPC server which also serves protocols other than dnsserver will be restarted after a short delay but it is easy for an authenticated non administrative attacker to crash it again as soon as it returns. The Samba DNS server itself will continue to operate but many RPC services will not.
- UbuntuUSN-4611-1MEDIUM
Samba vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4931-1MEDIUM
Samba vulnerabilities
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