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Samba Format String Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host has Samba installed and is prone to Format String Vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to, format string error in 'smbclient' utility when processing file names containing command arguments.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Samba 3.2.0 through 3.2.12 on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2.13 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)