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CVE-2022-3437 — A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba within the GSSAPI

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba within the GSSAPI unwrap_des() and unwrap_des3() routines of Heimdal. The DES and Triple-DES decryption routines in the Heimdal GSSAPI library allow a length-limited write buffer overflow on malloc() allocated memory w

CVSS
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EPSS
0.73% (top 27.70%)
CWE
CWE-122
Published
2023-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-10-28T18:59:39.543Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba within the GSSAPI unwrap_des() and unwrap_des3() routines of Heimdal. The DES and Triple-DES decryption routines in the Heimdal GSSAPI library allow a length-limited write buffer overflow on malloc() allocated memory when presented with a maliciously small packet. This flaw allows a remote user to send specially crafted malicious data…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / sambaFixed in samba 4.15.11, samba 4.16.6, samba 4.17.2.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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