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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14323

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in samba's Winbind service in versions before 4.11.15, before 4.12.9 and before 4.13.1. A local user could use this flaw to crash the winbind service causing denial of service.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:43 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-14323

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Oct 2020, 20:15 UTC

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in samba's Winbind service in versions before 4.11.15, before 4.12.9 and before 4.13.1. A local user could use this flaw to crash the winbind service causing denial of service.

osv:CVE-2020-14323
Complete source record
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433119,
  "published_at": "2020-10-29T20:15:17.117+00:00"
}