CVE-2004-0883

CVE-2004-0883 describes multiple vulnerabilities in the Samba filesystem (smbfs) within Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6, impacting distributions like Red Hat, SUSE, Trustix, and Ubuntu. These flaws allow a remote Samba server to trigger a denial of service (system crash) or leak sensitive kernel memory. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P), it represents a moderate-to-high risk, as an unauthenticated attacker can exploit it remotely with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.