CVE-2014-3560
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Samba's NetBIOS message block daemon (nmbd). An attacker on the local network could use this flaw to send specially crafted packets that, when processed by nmbd, could possibly lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3560 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of samba or samba3x as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as it only affected Samba 4.0.0 and higher.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (samba) | RHSA-2014:1008 | 2014-08-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (samba4) | RHSA-2014:1009 | 2014-08-05 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.0 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 2.1 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x | Not affected |