Out-of-bounds read in Samba winbind AUTH_CRAP

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU78577

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2127

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information or perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in winbindd_pam_auth_crap.c in winbind AUTH_CRAP when performing NTLM authentication. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and gain access to sensitive information or crash the server.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Samba: 4.16.0 - 4.18.3

External links

http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-2127.html
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2127
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222791
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPCSGND7LO467AJGR5DYBGZLTCGTOBCC/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.