GNU Samba up to 3.0.23d Name Lookup Winbind memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Samba up to 3.0.23d and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function in the library Winbind of the component Name Lookup Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-0453. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Samba up to 3.0.23d (File Transfer Software). This affects an unknown part in the library Winbind of the component Name Lookup Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the nss_winbind.so.1 library in Samba 3.0.21 through 3.0.23d, as used in the winbindd daemon on Solaris, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) gethostbyname and (2) getipnodebyname functions.

The bug was discovered 02/05/2007. The weakness was released 02/06/2007 by Olivier Gay (Website). The advisory is shared at us1.samba.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0453 since 01/23/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24685 (Samba < 3.0.24 Multiple Flaws), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165089 (SUSE Security Update for Samba (SUSE-SA:2007:016)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at us1.samba.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32231), Tenable (24685), SecurityFocus (BID 22410†), OSVDB (33098†) and Secunia (SA24043†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2902, VDB-2903 and VDB-34832. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24685
Nessus Name: Samba < 3.0.24 Multiple Flaws
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OpenVAS ID: 58026
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2007-038-01 samba
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: us1.samba.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: us1.samba.org
Researcher: Olivier Gay
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2901
X-Force: 32231 - Samba nss_winbind.so.1 library gethostbyname and getipnodebyname buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 22410 - Samba NSS host lookup Winbind Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24043 - Samba Winbind Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 33098 - Samba nss_winbind.so.1 Multiple Function Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017589
Vulnerability Center: 14397 - Samba Buffer Overflow in the winbindd Daemon on Solaris, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0483

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2007 11:13
Updated: 07/15/2019 12:44
Changes: 02/12/2007 11:13 (99), 07/15/2019 12:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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