CVE-2020-14383
An authenticated user could use this flaw to the RPC server to crash.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-391
- Affected
- samba/samba · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892636Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14383.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892636Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-14383.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.