RULE(RULE ID:105162)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-07-19
Rule Name: Samba DNS Reply Flag Denial of Service Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2014-0239)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: The internal DNS server in Samba 4.x before 4.0.18 does not check the QR field in the header section of an incoming DNS message before sending a response, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged response packet that triggers a communication loop.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:67691
SecurityTrackerID:1030309
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239