Samba smbd Memory Limit Error in make_connection() Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1016459 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1016459
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-3403
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 10 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.0.1 - 3.0.22
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Samba. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
In certain situations, a remote user can send a large number of share connection requests to cause the target smbd service to continually increase memory usage.
The vulnerability resides in the make_connection() function in 'smbd/service.c'.
The Samba Team discovered this vulnerability during an internal security audit.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (3.0.23). Also, the vendor has issued a patch, available at:
http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0-CAN-2006-3403.patch
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2006-3403.html
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Vendor URL: www.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2006-3403.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:05:00 -0500
Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Samba 3.0.1 - 3.0.22: memory exhaustion DoS against
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== Subject: Memory exhaustion DoS against smbd
== CVE ID#: CAN-2006-1059
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== Versions: Samba Samba 3.0.1 - 3.0.22 (inclusive)
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== Summary: smbd may allow internal structures
== maintaining state for share connections
== to grow unbounded.
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Description
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The smbd daemon maintains internal data structures used track
active connections to file and printer shares. In certain
circumstances an attacker may be able to continually increase
the memory usage of an smbd process by issuing a large number
of share connection requests. This defect affects all Samba
configurations.
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Patch Availability
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A patch for Samba 3.0.1 - 3.0.22 has been posted at
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/.
Guidelines for securing Samba hosts are listed at
http://www.samba.org/docs/server_security.html
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Credits
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This security issue discovered during an internal security
audit of the Samba source code by the Samba Team.
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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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