Samba 'smbd and nmbd' Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 167 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue on IBM SONAS (CVE-2014-3493) | 18 Jun 201800:08 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-3493) | 18 Jun 201800:08 | – | ibm | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package samba version 4.1.9-alt1 | 24 Jun 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package samba version 4.1.9-alt1 | 24 Jun 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package samba-DC version 4.1.9-alt1 | 24 Jun 201400:00 | – | altlinux | |
| samba -- multiple vulnerabilities | 23 Jun 201400:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Samba 3.6.x < 3.6.24 / 4.0.x < 4.0.19 / 4.1.x < 4.1.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 8 May 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 / 6 : samba / samba3x (CESA-2014:0866) | 10 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : samba (CESA-2014:0867) | 10 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : samba4 (CESA-2014:1009) | 6 Aug 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| samba | www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3493 |
| samba | www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244 |
| securitytracker | www.securitytracker.com/id/1030455 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/68148 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/68150 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:samba:samba";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811219");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0244", "CVE-2014-3493");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-22 12:27:14 +0530 (Thu, 22 Jun 2017)");
script_name("Samba 'smbd and nmbd' Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("smb_nativelanman.nasl", "gb_samba_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("samba/smb_or_ssh/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030455");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68148");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68150");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3493");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-0244");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Samba is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- An error in the nmbd NetBIOS name services daemon which causes the nmbd server
to loop the CPU.
- A memory corruption error. A valid unicode path names stored on disk can cause
smbd to crash if an authenticated client attempts to read them using a
non-unicode request.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue will allow
remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Samba Server versions 3.6.x before 3.6.24,
4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Samba 3.6.24 or 4.0.19 or 4.1.9
or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.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 );
vers = infos["version"];
loc = infos["location"];
if(vers =~ "^3\.6\."){
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"3.6.24")){
fix = "3.6.24";
}
}
else if(vers =~ "^4\.[01]"){
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"4.0.19")){
fix = "4.0.19";
}
else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"4.1", test_version2:"4.1.8")){
fix = "4.1.9";
}
}
if(fix){
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:loc );
security_message( data:report, port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 23.3
EPSS0.20481