CVE-2004-2546 Multiple memory leaks in Samba before 3.0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Medium 6.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2546 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2004-2546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 21 Nov 2005.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Samba Samba. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2546/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2546/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-2546?
CVE-2004-2546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 21 Nov 2005.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in Samba before 3.0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2546?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Samba Samba, Trustix Secure Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2546?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2004-2546 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2546 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samba Samba
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2546, GHSA-8v2x-hr7h-j8qx.