SB2022020342 - SUSE update for samba



SB2022020342 - SUSE update for samba

Published: February 3, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022020342
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 17% Medium 17% Low 67%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29361)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a unspecified boundary error, related to processing of RPC requests. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20316)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. A remote user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.


3) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43566)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink race condition when creating directories. A remote authenticated user can use SMB1 or NFS symlink race to create directories on the Unix filesystem outside of the share definition.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requites that the user has permissions to create folder in the target directory.


4) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44141)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure link following. A remote user with ability to write files to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or via NFS can create a symlink to determine if a file or directory exists in an area of the server file system not exported under the share definition.


5) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44142)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing EA metadata while opening files in smbd within the VFS Samba module (vfs_fruit). A remote attacker with ability to write to file's extended attributes can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Note, the vulnerability in vfs_fruit exists in the default configuration of the fruit VFS module using fruit:metadata=netatalk or fruit:resource=file.


6) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0336)

The vulnerability allows a local user to impersonate arbitrary services.

The vulnerability exists due to Samba AD DC relies only on SPN (service principals name) to identify services on the network. An attacker with ability to modify SPNs can bypass implemented protection and cause a denial of service condition by adding an SPN that matches an existing service or impersonate services on the network.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.