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 5.9 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

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://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.html	Release Notes
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

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~6.5~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.9
References		() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0007/ -
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5568 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5568 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245174 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245174 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15491 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15491 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.html - Release Notes~~	() https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.html - Release Notes

18 Sep 2024, 05:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0007/', 'source': 'secalert@redhat.com'}~~

24 Nov 2023, 09:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-25 18:17

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:42

NVD link : CVE-2023-5568

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5568

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5568

JSON object : View

Products Affected

samba

samba

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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5.9 /10