Input validation error in Samba - CVE-2012-1182
Published: April 11, 2012 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33952
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1182
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Samba
Affected software:
Samba
Samba
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The RPC code generator in Samba 3.x before 3.4.16, 3.5.x before 3.5.14, and 3.6.x before 3.6.4 does not implement validation of an array length in a manner consistent with validation of array memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC call.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1182
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078258.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078726.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078836.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080567.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951282306605&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134323086902585&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48999
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.collax.com/produkte/AllinOne-server-for-small-businesses#id2565578
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2450
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:055
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.4.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026913
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1423-1
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-1182