Out-of-Bounds Memory Write Vulnerability in Samba

CVE-2020-27840

What is CVE-2020-27840?

A flaw was discovered in Samba where spaces in domain names were not properly handled. Instead of being ignored, these spaces could lead to the generation of invalid domain name strings, ultimately causing a zero-byte write to out-of-bounds memory. This can result in a crash, negatively affecting system availability and operational stability.

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