Description
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 to the application, possibly resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/08/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-06
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3437
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137774
Vendor Advisory
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3437.html
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0008/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0073
EPSS Percentile
72.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
samba/samba
4.0.0 - 4.15.11
Published
Jan 12, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026