Out-of-bounds Write Affecting samba package, versions [,4.19.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-6055539
  • published10 Nov 2023
  • disclosed9 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade samba to version 4.19.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the Heimdal KDC. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by manipulating freshness tokens, leading to potential data corruption or other unintended behavior.

CVSS Scores

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