National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2003-0686
Original release date:10/20/2003
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in PAM SMB module (pam_smb) 1.1.6 and earlier, when authenticating to a remote service, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#680260
Name: VU#680260
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:262
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-374
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: TURBO
Name: TLSA-2003-50
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2003:261
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/pam_smb/
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 9611
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20030901 GLSA: pam_smb (200309-01)
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2003:734
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:469
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:469
Type: Tool Signature
