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CVE-2015-0240

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.

Published:Feb 23, 2015

Last Modified:May 9, 2025

EPS:Feb 24, 2015

EPSS Score:0.92168

CVSS Score:10

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Canonical

Product

Ubuntu Linux

Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

Vendor

Novell

Product

Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop

Novell

Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop

Vendor

Novell

Product

Suse Linux Enterprise Server

Novell

Suse Linux Enterprise Server

Vendor

Novell

Product

Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

Novell

Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Enterprise Linux

Redhat

Enterprise Linux

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Rhel Eus

Redhat

Rhel Eus

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Rhel Mission Critical

Redhat

Rhel Mission Critical

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Storage

Redhat

Storage

Vendor

Samba

Product

Samba

Samba

Samba

Exploits

https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36741

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables

CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers

CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation

CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion

CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File

CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links

CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags

CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call

CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0084.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00030.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722696102151&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143039217203031&w=2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0249.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0250.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0251.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0252.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0253.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0254.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0255.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0256.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0257.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3171

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:081

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72711

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031783

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.360345

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2508-1

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1346913

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191325

https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/

https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/samba_remote_vuln

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/samba_remote_vuln

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36741/

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-0240

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0084.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00030.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00035.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722696102151&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143039217203031&w=2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0249.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0250.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0251.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0252.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0253.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0254.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0255.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0256.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0257.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3171

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:081

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72711

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031783

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.360345

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2508-1

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1346913

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191325

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0001/

https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/

https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/samba_remote_vuln

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/samba_remote_vuln

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36741/

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-0240

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Attack Vector

Network

Adjacent

Local

Physical

Privileges Required

None

Low

High

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Low

High

Integrity

None

Low

High

Availability

None

Low

High