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Samba Printer Change Notification Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12397
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Release Date:
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2004-08-30
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Last Update:
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2004-09-10
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Popularity:
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8,493 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Samba 2.x
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Description:
NOTE: Based on new information from the vendor, this is NOT a security issue and the advisory has therefore been revoked.
A vulnerability has been reported in Samba, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of client printer change notification requests. This can be exploited to crash smbd by sending a "FindNextPrintChangeNotify()" request without first sending a "FindFirstPrintChangeNotify()" request.
The issue can reportedly be triggered by Windows XP SP2 clients.
Solution:
Update to version 2.2.11.
http://www.samba.org/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2004-09-10: New information from the Samba team states that this can only be exploited by clients to crash their own connection. This is therefore NOT a security issue.
Original Advisory:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/history/samba-2.2.11.html
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