# CVE-2014-3560: NetBIOS name services daemon (nmbd) in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.21 and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code v

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-08-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

NetBIOS name services daemon (nmbd) in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.21 and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that modify heap memory, involving a sizeof operation on an incorrect variable in the unstrcpy macro in string_wrappers.h.

## 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

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126010
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136280.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e6a848630da3ba958c442438ea131c99fa088605
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030663
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69021
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2305-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00027.html
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fb1d325d96dfe9bc2e9c4ec46ad4c55e8f18f4a2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59610
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95081
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59976

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