Samba smbclient Format String Bug May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022441 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022441
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-1886
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 24 2009
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.2.0 - 3.2.12
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Samba. A remote user may be able to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target system in certain cases.
In cases where a script passes data supplied by a remote user as a command parameter to smbclient, a remote user may be able to supply a specially crafted value containing format string characters to cause smbclient to execute arbitrary code.
Reinhard Nissl reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.2.13).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html
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Vendor URL: samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-1886.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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