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CVE-2003-0196: Samba: Buffer overflow

CVE-2003-0196 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Samba, along with 6 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple buffer overflows in Samba before 2.2.8a may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, as discovered by the Samba team and a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0201.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Samba: 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; 2.0.5; 2.0.6; 2.0.7; 2.0.8; 2.0.9; 2.0.10; 2.2.0
  • Samba Tng: 0.3; 0.3.1
  • Compaq Tru64: 4.0b; 4.0d; 4.0d_pk9_bl17; 4.0f; 4.0f_pk6_bl17; 4.0f_pk7_bl18; 4.0g; 4.0g_pk3_bl17; 5.0; 5.0_pk4_bl17; 5.0_pk4_bl18; 5.0a
  • HP Ux: 10.01; 10.20; 10.24; 11.00; 11.04; 11.11; 11.20; 11.22
  • Sun Solaris: 2.5.1; 2.6; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0
  • Sunos: all versions listed by NVD; 5.5.1; 5.7; 5.8
  • HP Cifs 9000 Server: a.01.05; a.01.06; a.01.07; a.01.08; a.01.08.01; a.01.09; a.01.09.01; a.01.09.02

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