# CVE-2008-4314: smbd in Samba 3.0.29 through 3.2.4 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary memory and cause a denial of service via crafted (1) trans

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-12-01 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

smbd in Samba 3.0.29 through 3.2.4 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary memory and cause a denial of service via crafted (1) trans, (2) trans2, and (3) nttrans requests, related to a "cut&paste error" that causes an improper bounds check to be performed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32494
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32919
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36281
- http://osvdb.org/50230
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125003356619515&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-680-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249087-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021287
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00141.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3277
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.453684
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2008-4314.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32968
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0067
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00021.html
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.32-CVE-2008-4314.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32813

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