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samba: Insufficient input validation in libsmbclient

Published Aug 22, 2018

Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way samba clients processed extra long filename in a directory listing. A malicious samba server could use this flaw to cause arbitrary code execution on a samba client. Samba versions before 4.6.16, 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 are vulnerable.

Affected products

Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 22, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved May 9, 2018
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 16, 2018