Buffer overflow in Samba - CVE-2004-0686
Published: July 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78579
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2004-0686
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Samba
Affected software:
Samba
Samba
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2004-0686
Install updates from vendor's website.