Samba 4.x < 4.0.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 74242

Synopsis

The remote Samba server is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Samba running on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.0.18 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An error exists related to 'GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA' or 'FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS' request handling and 'vfs objects' parameter configurations of 'shadow_copy' or 'shadow_copy2' that could allow disclosure of uninitialized memory contents. (CVE-2014-0178)

- An error exists related to handling the 'reply' flag DNS packet headers that could allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2014-0239)

Note that Nessus has relied only on the self-reported version number and has not actually tried to exploit these issues or determine if the associated patch has been applied.

Solution

Either install the patch referenced in the project's advisory, or upgrade to 4.0.18 or later.

Alternatively, refer to the vendor advisories and apply the suggested workarounds.

See Also

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0178.html

https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239.html

https://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.0.18.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?c64b6b11

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74242

File Name: samba_4_0_18.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/30/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0178

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, SMB/samba, SMB/NativeLanManager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0239

BID: 67686, 67691