Heap-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package samba-common-libs  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SAMBACOMMONLIBS-6019598
  • published20 Oct 2023
  • disclosed9 Oct 2023

Introduced: 9 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba-common-libs package and not the samba-common-libs package as distributed by RHEL.

A heap-based Buffer Overflow flaw was discovered in Samba. It could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.