SB2024022775 - SUSE update for samba 



SB2024022775 - SUSE update for samba

Published: February 27, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024022775
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 83% Low 17%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25720)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges within the network.

The vulnerability exists due to create child permissions allows full write access to all attributes. A local user can escalate privileges within the network.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2127)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information or perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in winbindd_pam_auth_crap.c in winbind AUTH_CRAP when performing NTLM authentication. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and gain access to sensitive information or crash the server.


3) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3347)

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

The vulnerability exists due to SMB2 packet signing feature is not enforced if the server is configured with the "server signing = required" option or for SMB2 connections to Domain Controllers where SMB2 packet signing is mandatory. A remote attacker can intercept and manipulate data.


4) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34966)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing Spotlight mdssvc RPC packets. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions on servers where Spotlight is explicitly enabled globally or on individual shares with "spotlight = yes".


5) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34967)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when parsing Spotlight mdssvc RPC packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger a type confusion error and crash the server.


6) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34968)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted RPC request to the server and obtain real server-side share path.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.