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From: "Pierre-Yves Rofes (py)" <py@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200711-29.xml
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:15:30
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5 GLSA 200711-29
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-29.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200711-29">
21 <title>Samba: Execution of arbitrary code</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 Samba contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities potentially resulting in
24 the execution of arbitrary code, one of which is currently unfixed.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">samba</product>
27 <announced>November 20, 2007</announced>
28 <revised>November 20, 2007: 01</revised>
29 <bug>197519</bug>
30 <access>remote</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="net-fs/samba" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">3.0.26a-r2</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.26a-r2</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 Samba is a suite of SMB and CIFS client/server programs for UNIX.
40 </p>
41 </background>
42 <description>
43 <p>
44 Two vulnerabilities have been reported in nmbd. Alin Rad Pop (Secunia
45 Research) discovered a boundary checking error in the
46 reply_netbios_packet() function which could lead to a stack-based
47 buffer overflow (CVE-2007-5398). The Samba developers discovered a
48 boundary error when processing GETDC logon requests also leading to a
49 buffer overflow (CVE-2007-4572).
50 </p>
51 </description>
52 <impact type="high">
53 <p>
54 To exploit the first vulnerability a remote unauthenticated attacker
55 could send specially crafted WINS "Name Registration" requests followed
56 by a WINS "Name Query" request. This might lead to execution of
57 arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Note that this vulnerability
58 is exploitable only when WINS server support is enabled in Samba. The
59 second vulnerability could be exploited by sending specially crafted
60 "GETDC" mailslot requests, but requires Samba to be configured as a
61 Primary or Backup Domain Controller. It is not believed the be
62 exploitable to execute arbitrary code.
63 </p>
64 </impact>
65 <workaround>
66 <p>
67 To work around the first vulnerability, disable WINS support in Samba
68 by setting "<i>wins support = no</i>" in the "global" section of your
69 smb.conf and restart Samba.
70 </p>
71 </workaround>
72 <resolution>
73 <p>
74 The Samba 3.0.27 ebuild that resolves both vulnerabilities is currently
75 masked due to a regression in the patch for the second vulnerability.
76 </p>
77 <p>
78 Since no working patch exists yet, all Samba users should upgrade to
79 3.0.26a-r2, which contains a fix for the first vulnerability
80 (CVE-2007-5398):
81 </p>
82 <code>
83 # emerge --sync
84 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-fs/samba-3.0.26a-r2&quot;</code>
85 <p>
86 An update to this temporary GLSA will be sent when the second
87 vulnerability will be fixed.
88 </p>
89 </resolution>
90 <references>
91 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4572">CVE-2007-4572</uri>
92 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5398">CVE-2007-5398</uri>
93 </references>
94 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:37:14 +0000">
95 rbu
96 </metadata>
97 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:13:02 +0000">
98 p-y
99 </metadata>
100 </glsa>
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