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Samba lsa_LookupNames Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-12-070: April 18th, 2012

CVE ID

CVSS Score

Affected Vendors

    Samba

Affected Products

    3.6.x

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Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samba. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the way Samba handles lsa_LookupNames requests. When parsing the data send in the request Samba uses the field 'names' to create a heap allocation but then uses another field, 'num_names', to write data to the allocation. Because there is no check to see if 'num_names' is smaller than 'names' this could result in a heap buffer overflow that could lead to remote code execution.

Vendor Response

Samba has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2012-03-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2012-04-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Anonymous