MEDIUM 6.5 Microsoft

CVE-2022-3437

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba within the GSSAPI unwrap_des() and unwrap_des3() routines of Heimdal. The DES and Triple-DES decryption routines in the Heimdal GSSAPI library allow a length-limited write buffer overflow on malloc() allocated memory when presented with a maliciously small packet. This flaw allows a remote user to send specially crafted malicious data to the application possibly resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Jan: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Samba within the GSSAPI unwrap_des() and unwrap_des3() routines of Heimdal. The DES and Triple-DES decryption routines in the Heimdal GSSAPI library allow a length-limited write buffer overflow on malloc() allocated memory when presented with a maliciously small packet. This flaw allows a remote user to send specially crafted malicious data to the application possibly resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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Published: 2023-01-10 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-04
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2023-01-10 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 samba 4.18.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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