CVE-2012-0870

Publication date 23 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
samba	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.17

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects samba < 3.4.0

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
samba	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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1374-1
Samba vulnerability
24 February 2012