CVE-2004-0082

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    CVE-2004-0082

    Published: 3 Mar 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.

    References: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-064.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9637, http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/WHATSNEW-3.0.2a.txt, http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-078.shtml, http://www.osvdb.org/3919, http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3388eff9-5d6e-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15132, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A827

    Affected packages

    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