Medium severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-5568
A heap-based Buffer Overflow flaw was discovered in Samba
6.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Samba · Samba
before 4.19.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5568
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5568
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5568
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245174
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15491
Release Notes
https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0007/
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