CVE-2014-3493
EPSS 7.3%
Description
The push_ascii function in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon crash) via an attempt to read a Unicode pathname without specifying use of Unicode, leading to a character-set conversion failure that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
How to fix CVE-2014-3493
To remediate CVE-2014-3493, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/samba—upgrade to 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-3493 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 7.3%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:4.1.9+dfsg-1