Samba 4.0.x < 4.0.18 / 4.1.x < 4.1.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3540
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Synopsis
The remote version of Samba is outdated and thus affected by several vulnerabilities.Description
Versions of Samba older than 4.0.18 or 4.1.8 are unpatched for the following vulnerabilities:- An error in the 'dns_process_send()' function in the internal DNS server can cause an infinite loop that results in denial of service, due to the server not checking the 'reply' flag in a DNS packet header when processing a request. (CVE-2014-0239)
- A flaw in the 'vfswrap_fsctl()' function that is triggered when responding to authenticated FSCTL_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA or FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS client requests can result in the exposure of eight bytes of uninitialized memory. This affects versions of Samba 3.6.6 and onward. (CVE-2014-0178)
Solution
Install the patch referenced in the project's advisory, or upgrade to 4.0.18, 4.1.8, or later.See Also
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0178
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0239
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 3540
Family: Samba
Published: 6/9/2014
Updated: 3/6/2019
Dependencies: 8741
Nessus ID: 74242
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0178, CVE-2014-0239