Samba Team · Samba · CVE-2016-0771
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Samba versions 4.1.x through 4.1.22
Samba versions 4.2.x through 4.2.8
Samba versions 4.3.x through 4.3.5
Samba versions 4.4.x through 4.4.0rc3
**Description**
The internal DNS server in Samba, when an AD DC is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory by uploading a crafted DNS TXT record. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow.
**Recommendations**
For Samba versions 4.1.x through 4.1.22, update to version 4.1.23 or later.
For Samba versions 4.2.x through 4.2.8, update to version 4.2.9 or later.
For Samba versions 4.3.x through 4.3.5, update to version 4.3.6 or later.
For Samba versions 4.4.x through 4.4.0rc3, update to version 4.4.0rc4 or later.