CVE-2023-5568

Published Oct 25, 2023

Last updated 2 months ago

CVSS medium 6.5

Overview

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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787
secalert@redhat.com: CWE-122

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AFC1624A-4B44-4762-A4D3-56EBB0A7E40E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "4.19.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References