Samba smbd share connection request denial of service

samba-smbd-connection-dos (27648) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Samba is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper handling of share connection requests by smbd. A remote attacker could create multiple connections to shares to cause the smbd to consume all available memory resources, resulting in a denial of service.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 2.6
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Apply Apple Security Update 2006-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

Apply the patch for this vulnerability or upgrade to the latest version of Samba (3.0.23 or later), available from the Samba Web site. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1110-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-07-10 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0591-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For VMware ESX Server 2.0.2:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in the VMware Advisory esx-202-200610-patch. See References.

For VMware ESX Server 2.1.3:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in the VMware Advisory esx-213-200610-patch. See References.

For VMware 2.5.3:
Apply the patch for this vulnerability, as listed in the VMware Advisory esx-253-200610-patch. See References.

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

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.1
  • Gentoo Linux
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • Samba Samba 3.0.1
  • Samba Samba 3.0.10
  • Samba Samba 3.0.11
  • Samba Samba 3.0.12
  • Samba Samba 3.0.13
  • Samba Samba 3.0.14
  • Samba Samba 3.0.14a
  • Samba Samba 3.0.15
  • Samba Samba 3.0.16
  • Samba Samba 3.0.17
  • Samba Samba 3.0.18
  • Samba Samba 3.0.19
  • Samba Samba 3.0.2
  • Samba Samba 3.0.20a
  • Samba Samba 3.0.20b
  • Samba Samba 3.0.21
  • Samba Samba 3.0.21a
  • Samba Samba 3.0.21b
  • Samba Samba 3.0.21c
  • Samba Samba 3.0.22
  • Samba Samba 3.0.3
  • Samba Samba 3.0.4
  • Samba Samba 3.0.5
  • Samba Samba 3.0.6
  • Samba Samba 3.0.7
  • Samba Samba 3.0.8
  • Samba Samba 3.0.9
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  • VMware ESX Server 2.0.2
  • VMware ESX Server 2.1.3
  • VMware ESX Server 2.5.3

Reported:

Jul 10, 2006

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