Samba 4.0.x < 4.0.18 / 4.1.x < 4.1.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3540
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The remote version of Samba is outdated and thus affected by several vulnerabilities.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.