CVE-2021-23192 (GCVE-0-2021-23192)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-02 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A flaw was found in the way samba implemented DCE/RPC. If a client to a Samba server sent a very large DCE/RPC request, and chose to fragment it, an attacker could replace later fragments with their own data, bypassing the signature requirements.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-20 - - Improper Input Validation.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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