All Samba 4.x.x are vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability in the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon

Published: 2014-08-02. Last Updated: 2014-08-02 00:46:37 UTC
by Chris Mohan (Version: 1)
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A remote code execution in nmbd (the NetBIOS name services daemon) has been found in Samba versions 4.0.0 to 4.1.10. ( assgined CVE-2014-3560) and a patch has been release by the team at samba.org.

Here's the details from http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560

 
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Description
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All current versions of Samba 4.x.x are vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability in the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon.

A malicious browser can send packets that may overwrite the heap ofthe target nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon. It may be possible to use this to generate a remote code execution vulnerability as the superuser (root).
 
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Patch Availability
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A patch addressing this defect has been posted to

  http://www.samba.org/samba/security/

Additionally, Samba 4.1.11 and 4.0.21 have been issued as security releases to correct the defect. Patches against older Samba versions are available at http://samba.org/samba/patches/. Samba vendors and administrators running affected versions are advised to upgrade or apply the patch as soon as possible.

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Workaround
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Do not run nmbd, the NetBIOS name services daemon.

 

Chris Mohan --- Internet Storm Center Handler on Duty

Keywords: Samba
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Comments

When vulnerabilites like this come along, I wonder why people still use NetBIOS. It is not longer needed, and better protocols are available and have been for 15 years. I disable NETBIOS on my network.

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