Samba QFILEPATHINFO buffer overflow

samba-qfilepathinfo-bo (18070) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Samba is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the QFILEPATHINFO request handler. A remote authenticated attacker could send a specially-crafted TRANSACT2_QFILEPATHINFO request for a specific file name containing unicode characters to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical, Ubuntu 4.10
  • Conectiva, Linux 10
  • FedoraProject, Fedora Core 2
  • FedoraProject, Fedora Core 3
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.0
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
  • Novell, Linux Desktop 9
  • OpenPKG, OpenPKG 2.1
  • OpenPKG, OpenPKG 2.2
  • OpenPKG, OpenPKG CURRENT
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • Samba, Samba 3.0 Alpha
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.0
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.1
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.2
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.2a
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.3
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.4
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.4 R1
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.5
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.6
  • Samba, Samba 3.0.7
  • SCO, SCO UnixWare 7.1.4
  • SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 9
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
  • Trustix, Secure Linux 2.1
  • Trustix, Secure Linux 2.2
  • Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Samba (3.0.8 or later), available from the Samba Download Web page. See References.

For SuSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest Samba package, as listed below. Refer to SuSE Security Announcement SuSE-SUSE-SA:2004:040 for more information. See References.

SuSE Linux 9.1: 3.0.7-5.2 or later
SuSE Linux 9.2: 3.0.4-1.34.3 or later

For Trustix Secure Linux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package, as listed below. Refer to Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2004-0058 for more information. See References.

Trustix Secure Linux 2.2: 3.0.7-2tr or later
Trustix Secure Linux 2.1: 3.0.7-2tr or later

For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:632-17 for more information. See References.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1), ES (v. 2.1), WS (v. 2.1), and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor: 2.2.12-1.21as.1 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), WS (v. 3), Desktop: 3.0.7-1.3E.1.x86_64 or later

For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:136 for more information. See References.

Mandrake Linux 10.0: 3.0.6-4.3.100mdk or later
Mandrake Linux 10.1: 3.0.7-2.2.101mdk or later

For Conectiva Linux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package, as listed below. Refer to Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2004:899 for more information. See References.

Conectiva Linux 10.0: 3.0.7-62749U10_6cl or later

For Ubuntu Linux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package (3.0.7-1ubuntu6.2 or later), as listed in USN-29-1. See References.

For Fedora Core 3:
Upgrade to the latest samba package (3.0.9-1.fc3 or later), as listed in Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-460. See References.

For Fedora Core 2:
Upgrade to the latest samba package (3.0.9-1.fc2 or later), as listed in Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-459. See References.

For TurboLinux:
Upgrade to the latest samba package, as listed below. Refer to TurboLinux Security Advisory TLSA-2004-32 for more information. See References.

TurboLinux 10 Server: 3.0.6-9 or later

For SCO UnixWare 7.1.4:
Upgrade to the appropriate fixed binaries, as listed in SCO Security Advisory SCOSA-2005.17. See References.

For OpenPKG:
Refer to OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG-SA-2004.054 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Nov 15, 2004

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