RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet process.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Impacted is an unknown function of the file process.c. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-0870. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet (Tablet Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file process.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0, as used in the file-sharing service on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet before 2.0.0.7971 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Batched (aka AndX) request that triggers infinite recursion.

The weakness was disclosed 02/23/2012 as Bug 795509 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0870 since 01/19/2012. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74600 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is . The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185084 (HP-UX Running HP CIFS Server (Samba) Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX03093)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12579.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73361), Tenable (74600), SecurityFocus (BID 52103†), Secunia (SA48116†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34553†). The entry VDB-9859 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74600
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OpenVAS ID: 881074
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for samba CESA-2012:0332 centos4
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/22/2012 +34 days 🔍
02/23/2012 +1 days 🔍
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03/01/2012 +7 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +834 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
11/30/2021 +2444 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: rim.com

Advisory: Bug 795509
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60307

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X-Force: 73361
SecurityFocus: 52103
Secunia: 48116 - BlackBerry Tablet OS Samba File Sharing Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 34553 - Samba 3.0 smbd Remote Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability via a Crafted AndX Request, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/30/2021 10:15
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (66), 02/26/2018 07:51 (13), 11/30/2021 10:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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