CVE-2010-2063

high
Published 2010-06-17 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.5

Description

Buffer overflow in the SMB1 packet chaining implementation in the chain_reply function in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0.x before 3.3.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted field in a packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16860 remote linux_x86 verified
Metasploit ยท 2010-09-04

Samba 3.3.12 (Linux x86) - 'chain_reply' Memory Corruption (Metasploit)

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Metasploit modules

Samba chain_reply Memory Corruption (Linux x86)
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OS impact

ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9.04 Affected โ€”
8.04 Affected โ€”
6.06 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2:3.4.0~pre1-1
sid Fixed 2:3.4.0~pre1-1
forky Fixed 2:3.4.0~pre1-1
bullseye Fixed 2:3.4.0~pre1-1
bookworm Fixed 2:3.4.0~pre1-1
5.0 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
sambasamba{"startIncluding":"3.0.0","endIncluding":"3.3.12"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.