CVE-2023-5568

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5568	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245174	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15491	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0007/
https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.html	Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Nov 2023, 09:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-25 18:17

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-5568

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5568

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5568

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Products Affected

samba

samba

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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