Samba reply_netbios_packet() buffer overflow
| samba-replynetbiospacket-bo (38502) |  High Risk |
Description:
Samba is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the reply_netbios_packet() function. If Samba is configured to run as a WINS server, a remote attacker from within the local network could send multiple specially-crafted WINS "Name Registration" requests followed by a WINS "Name Query" request to overflow a buffer and possibly execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- HP, HP-UX B.11.11
- HP, HP-UX B.11.23
- HP, HP-UX B.11.31
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SLE SDK 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4.5.z ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4.5.z AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Samba, Samba 3.0 Alpha
- Samba, Samba 3.0.0
- Samba, Samba 3.0.1
- Samba, Samba 3.0.10
- 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 3.0.20
- 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 3.0.23
- Samba, Samba 3.0.23a
- Samba, Samba 3.0.23b
- Samba, Samba 3.0.23c
- Samba, Samba 3.0.23d
- Samba, Samba 3.0.24
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25 Pre2
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25 Rc1
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25 Rc2
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25 Pre1
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25 Rc3
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25a
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25b
- Samba, Samba 3.0.25c
- Samba, Samba 3.0.26
- Samba, Samba 3.0.26a
- Samba, Samba 3.0.2a
- Samba, Samba 3.0.3
- Samba, Samba 3.0.4 R1
- 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
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun, Solaris 9 x86
- Sun, Solaris 9 SPARC
- SuSE, Linux Enterprise Server 8
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux OpenExchange Server 4
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE Linux School Server
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 8 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Multimedia
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Personal
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
- VMware, ESX Server 3.0.1
- VMware, ESX Server 3.0.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Samba (3.0.27 or later), available from the Samba Web site. See References.
Refer to VMSA-2008-0001 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information, available from the VMware Security-announce Mailing List, Mon Jan 7 17:46:23 PST 2008. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179.
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2007-009 v1.1 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307224.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Dec 17 2007 - 15:47:29 CST, Apple OS X Software Update Remote Command Execution at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-12/0217.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Nov 15 2007 - 07:20:59 CST , [SAMBA] CVE-2007-5398 - Remote Code Execution in Samba's nmbd at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-11/0219.html.
- HPSBUX02316 SSRT071495 rev.1, HP-UX running HP CIFS Server (Samba), Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01377687.
- Samba Web site, Samba - opening windows to a wider world at http://us3.samba.org/samba/.
- Secunia Research 15/11/2007, Samba "reply_netbios_packet()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability at http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-90/advisory/.
- Security-announce Mailing List, Mon Jan 7 17:46:23 PST 2008 , VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages at http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html.
- Sun Alert ID: 237764, Two Security Vulnerabilities in samba(7) WINS Server Daemon (nmbd) May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-237764-1.
- VMware Security-Announce Mailing List, Tue Jan 22 16:42:45 PST 2008, UPDATED VMSA-2008-0001.1 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages at http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000004.html.
- ASA-2007-489: Samba security update (RHSA-2007-1016)
- ASA-2008-223: Two Security Vulnerabilities in samba(7) WINS Server Daemon (nmbd) May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code or Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition (Sun 237764)
- ASA-2008-263: HP-UX running HP CIFS Server (Samba) Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code (HPSBUX02341)
- BID-26455: Samba NMBD_Packets.C NetBIOS Replies Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5398: Stack-based buffer overflow in the reply_netbios_packet function in nmbd/nmbd_packets.c in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.26a, when operating as a WINS server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted WINS Name Registration requests followed by a WINS Name Query request.
- DSA-1409: samba -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200711-29: Samba: Execution of arbitrary code
- MDKSA-2007:224: Updated samba packages fix vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:224-1: Updated samba packages fix vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:224-2: Updated samba packages fix vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:224-3: Updated samba packages fix regressions
- RHSA-2007-1013: Critical: samba security update
- RHSA-2007-1016: Critical: samba security update
- RHSA-2007-1017: Critical: samba security update
- RHSA-2007-1034: Critical: samba security update
- SA27450: Samba Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
- SA28136: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA28368: VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates
- SA29341: HP-UX HP CIFS Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA30484: Solaris Samba Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA30835: HP-UX HP CIFS Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018953: Samba nmbd Buffer Overflow in reply_netbios_packet() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2007:065: samba security problems
Reported:
Nov 15, 2007
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