GNU Samba up to 2.2.10 FindNextPrintChangeNotify denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GNU Samba. Affected is the function FindNextPrintChangeNotify. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0829. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Samba (File Transfer Software). This affects the function FindNextPrintChangeNotify. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

smbd in Samba before 2.2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending a FindNextPrintChangeNotify request without a previous FindFirstPrintChangeNotify, as demonstrated by the SMB client in Windows XP SP2.

The bug was discovered 08/26/2004. The weakness was presented 08/12/2004 by Craig Huegen with Samba Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us1.samba.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0829 since 09/02/2004. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14381 (Samba smbd FindNextPrintChangeNotify() Request Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 2.2.11 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. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15984. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31580.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17138), Tenable (14381), SecurityFocus (BID 11055†), OSVDB (9362†) and Secunia (SA12397†). Further details are available at auscert.org.au. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14381
Nessus Name: Samba smbd FindNextPrintChangeNotify() Request Remote DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Samba 2.2.11
Patch: us1.samba.org

Snort ID: 15984
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: us1.samba.org
Researcher: Craig Huegen
Organization: Samba Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0829 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0829
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-813
X-Force: 17138 - Samba FindNextPrintChangeNotify request denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 11055 - Samba Remote Print Change Notify Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12397 - Samba Printer Change Notification Request Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 9362 - Samba smbd FindNextPrintChangeNotify() Request Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1011097
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 5328 - DoS in Samba Server smbd, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2004 12:57
Updated: 06/29/2019 09:47
Changes: 08/30/2004 12:57 (98), 06/29/2019 09:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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