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Samba Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-1999-0811)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
Samba is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The buffer overflow exists in the Samba smbd program via a malformed message command.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Samba versions before 2.0.5.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.0.5 or later.