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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0082

The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.

Products
samba
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.0.7
CVEs
CVE-2004-0082
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0082

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2004, 05:00 UTC

The mksmbpasswd shell script (mksmbpasswd.sh) in Samba 3.0.0 and 3.0.1, when creating an account but marking it as disabled, may overwrite the user password with an uninitialized buffer, which could enable the account with a more easily guessable password.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0082

samba

Fixed versions: 3.0.7

samba

Fixed versions: 3.0.7

samba

Fixed versions: 3.0.7

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:32.054816636Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 393968,
  "published_at": "2004-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
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