SB2014062302 - Input validation error in Samba
Published: June 23, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014062302
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0244)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The sys_recvfrom function in nmbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed UDP packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0279.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0866.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134717.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0866.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59378
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59407
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59848
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59919
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61218
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:082
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532757/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68148
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030455
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_samba1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097815
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05115993