SB2004072702 - Denial of service in Samba
Published: July 27, 2004 Updated: July 24, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2004072702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0686)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when the "mangling method = hash" option is enabled in smb.conf. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.