Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDKSA-2004:092)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14723

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in samba 3.0.x; the first is a defect in smbd's ASN.1 parsing that allows an attacker to send a specially crafted packet during the authentication request which will send the newly spawned smbd process into an infinite loop. As a result, it is possible to use up all available memory on the server.

The second vulnerability is in nmbd's processing of mailslot packets which could allow an attacker to anonymously crash nmbd.

The provided packages are patched to protect against these two vulnerabilities.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14723

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-092.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 9/14/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64smbclient0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64smbclient0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64smbclient0-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsmbclient0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsmbclient0-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsmbclient0-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nss_wins, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-common, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-passdb-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-passdb-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-passdb-xml, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-swat, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-winbind, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0807, CVE-2004-0808

MDKSA: 2004:092