CVE-2015-0240
EPSS 90.7%samba - security update
Published: 2/24/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0rc5 performs a free operation on an uninitialized stack pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Netlogon packets that use the ServerPasswordSet RPC API, as demonstrated by packets reaching the _netr_ServerPasswordSet function in rpc_server/netlogon/srv_netlog_nt.c.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/sambafrom 0, < 2:4.1.17+dfsg-1
- Debian/sambafrom 0, < 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3squeeze12
- Debian/sambafrom 0, < 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u5