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samba — security advisory
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
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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"modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:32.054816636Z",
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