Samba 'nmbd' NetBIOS Name Services Daemon RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3560)
🗓️ 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 137 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package samba version 4.1.11-alt1 | 5 Aug 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package samba-DC version 4.1.11-alt1 | 5 Aug 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package samba version 4.1.11-alt1 | 5 Aug 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Samba 4.x < 4.0.21 / 4.1.x < 4.1.11 nmbd Remote Code Execution | 8 May 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : samba (CESA-2014:1008) | 8 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : samba4 (CESA-2014:1009) | 6 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 19 : samba-4.0.21-1.fc19 (2014-9132) | 20 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : samba-4.1.9-4.fc20 (2014-9141) | 8 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : samba -- remote code execution (89ff45e3-1a57-11e4-bebd-000c2980a9f3) | 4 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 4 : samba4-4.0.0-63.AXS4.rc4 (AXSA:2014-483:02) | 19 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69021 |
| securitytracker | www.securitytracker.com/id/1030663 |
| samba | www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811220");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3560");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-22 12:47:01 +0530 (Thu, 22 Jun 2017)");
script_name("Samba 'nmbd' NetBIOS Name Services Daemon RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3560)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030663");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69021");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Samba is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an insufficient
mechanism to avoid buffer overwriting. A malicious user can send packets
that may overwrite the heap of the target nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue will allow
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba Server versions 4.0.x before 4.0.21
and 4.1.x before 4.1.11.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Samba 4.0.21 or 4.1.11 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
loc = infos["location"];
if(vers =~ "^4\.[01]"){
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"4.0.21")){
fix = "4.0.21";
}
else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"4.1", test_version2:"4.1.10")){
fix = "4.1.11";
}
}
if(fix){
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:loc );
security_message( data:report, port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
8.7High risk
Vulners AI Score8.7
CVSS 27.9
EPSS0.56378