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Samba QFILEPATHINFO Request Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13189
Release Date: 2004-11-15
Last Update: 2004-11-19
Popularity: 14,744 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Samba 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-0882


Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in Samba, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the QFILEPATHINFO request handler when constructing "TRANSACT2_QFILEPATHINFO" responses and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a special pathname exists or that the user has write permissions on a network share.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0.7 and prior.

Solution:
Update to version 3.0.8.
http://us1.samba.org/samba/download/

Patch for version 3.0.7:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0.7-CAN-2004-0882.patch

Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Esser, e-matters.

Changelog:
2004-11-18: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2004-11-19: Added link to vendor advisory and patch for version 3.0.7.

Original Advisory:
Samba Project:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2004-0882.html

Stefan Esser:
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/132004.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#457622:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/457622


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