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CVE-2012-0870

Published: 23 February 2012

Heap-based buffer overflow in process.c in smbd in Samba 3.0, as used in the file-sharing service on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet before 2.0.0.7971 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Batched (aka AndX) request that triggers infinite recursion.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
only affects samba < 3.4.0

Priority

High

Status

Package Release Status
samba
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy
Released (3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.17)
lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2:3.4.0~pre1-1)
Patches:
vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0332.html
upstream: http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/patches/security/samba-3.0-CVE-2012-0870.patch