Heap-based buffer overflow in Samba - CVE-2013-4408

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Samba - CVE-2013-4408

Published: December 10, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32598
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4408
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Samba
Affected software:
Samba

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the dcerpc_read_ncacn_packet_done function in librpc/rpc/dcerpc_util.c in winbindd in Samba 3.x before 3.6.22, 4.0.x before 4.0.13, and 4.1.x before 4.1.3. A remote attacker can use an invalid fragment length in a DCE-RPC packet. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4408

Update to version 3.6.22.

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