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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDVSA-2008:108)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36348

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Samba, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. A boundary error within the receive_smb_raw() function in lib/util_sock.c can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via an overly large SMB packet received in a client context.

The updated packages have been patched to fix the issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36348

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-108.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:mount-cifs, 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-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-smbldap-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-swat, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-vscan-clamav, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-vscan-icap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:samba-winbind, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1105

BID: 29404

CWE: 119

MDVSA: 2008:108