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CVE-2004-0082

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5
7.5CVSS HIGH

Summary

The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html ↗