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Samba 3.6.6 <= 4.1.7 Uninitialized Memory Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2014-0178)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Samba 3.6.6 <= 4.1.7 Uninitialized Memory Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2014-0178). Allows retrieval of uninitialized server memory when 'shadow_copy' or 'shadow_copy2' VFS module is enabled

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CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150745");
  script_version("2021-09-30T11:42:35+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-30 11:42:35 +0000 (Thu, 30 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-24 10:59:30 +0000 (Fri, 24 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0178");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Samba 3.6.6 <= 4.1.7 Uninitialized Memory Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2014-0178)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Samba 3.6.6 to 4.1.7 are affected by a vulnerability that allows
  an authenticated client to retrieve eight bytes of uninitialized server memory when a shadow-copy
  VFS module is enabled.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In preparing a response to an authenticated FSCTL_GET_SHADOW_COPY_DATA
  or FSCTL_SRV_ENUMERATE_SNAPSHOTS client request, affected versions of
  Samba do not initialize 8 bytes of the 16 byte SRV_SNAPSHOT_ARRAY
  response field. The uninitialized buffer is sent back to the client.

  A non-default VFS module providing the get_shadow_copy_data_fn() hook
  must be explicitly enabled for Samba to process the aforementioned
  client requests. Therefore, only configurations with 'shadow_copy' or
  'shadow_copy2' specified for the 'vfs objects' parameter are vulnerable.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba versions 3.6.6 through 4.1.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.0.18, 4.1.8 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0178.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.6.6", test_version2: "4.0.17")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.0.18", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.1.0", test_version2: "4.1.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.1.8", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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30 Sep 2021 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 23.5
EPSS0.04468
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