Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2023· Updated Sep 2, 2025
Samba: heap buffer overflow with freshness tokens in the heimdal kdc
CVE-2023-5568
Description
A heap-based Buffer Overflow flaw was discovered in Samba. It could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Affected products
6- Red Hat/Red Hat Storage 3v5cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6+ 3 more
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5568mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgimitre
- www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.19.2.htmlmitre
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