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CVE-2003-0686 (GCVE-0-2003-0686)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-09-03 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680260 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
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http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-374 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-50.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
Date Public
2003-08-26 00:00
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