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Critical
CVE-2015-0240
The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and...
Vulnerability Description
The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0rc5 performs a free operation on an uninitialized stack pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted Netlogon packets that use the ServerPasswordSet RPC API, as demonstrated by packets reaching the _netr_ServerPasswordSet function in rpc_server/netlogon/srv_netlog_nt.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143039217203031&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0257.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0254.html
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0084.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.360345
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36741/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0250.html
- https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/samba_remote_vuln
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143039217203031&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2508-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0253.html
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-0240
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72711
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0249.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0251.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3171
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031783
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0252.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191325
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722696102151&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00047.html
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/samba_remote_vuln
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:081
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0255.html
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1346913
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0256.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722696102151&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00028.html
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View all reports →Affected Software
enterprise linux, samba, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, suse linux enterprise software development kit, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5, 6.0, 7.0, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13, 3.5.14, 3.5.15, 3.5.16, 3.5.17, 3.5.18, 3.5.19, 3.5.20, 3.5.21, 3.5.22, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.10, 3.6.11, 3.6.12, 3.6.13, 3.6.14, 3.6.15, 3.6.16, 3.6.17, 3.6.18, 3.6.19, 3.6.20, 3.6.21, 3.6.22, 3.6.23, 3.6.24, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.0.9, 4.0.10, 4.0.11, 4.0.12, 4.0.13, 4.0.14, 4.0.15, 4.0.16, 4.0.17, 4.0.18, 4.0.19, 4.0.20, 4.0.21, 4.0.22, 4.0.23, 4.0.24, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.1.11, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.2.0, 12, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 24th, 2015
Last Modified:
May 9th, 2025
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.